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UK: East Midlands: Nottinghamshire: Epperstone Park to Southwell Minster

Epperstone Park to Southwell Minster

This is a 20 mile (32km) mixture of bridleways and minor roads which can be ridden as a circuit or figure of eight. The route passes the villages of Epperstone, Halloughton and Morton, and passes close to Southwell Minster.

Status: Open
Promotion
The leaflet can be obtained from Nottinghamshire County Council. Please telephone first to check the price (01602 824483) and remember to send an SAE. Write to:
Rights of Way Section
Nottinghamshire County Council
Trent Bridge House, Fox Road
West Bridgford
Nottingham
NG2 6BJ.

Ordnance Survey
This section lists the Ordnance Survey maps at the two most useful scales, covering the area of the route. Clicking on any of them will enable the reader to purchase the map on line from Amazon.
  • Explorer Map 271: Newark-on-Trent, Retford, Southwell and Saxilby
  • Explorer Map 260: Nottingham, Vale of Belvoir
  • Landranger Map 120: Mansfield and Worksop, Sherwood Forest
    Where to stay
    A useful book entitled Bed and Breakfast for Horses which lists places to keep a horse overnight can be purchased from the British Horse Society.
    Acknowledgements
    The route was produced in conjunction with the British Horse Society's ARROW project. Special thanks are due to Rosamund MacFarlane who introduced the County Council's rights of way team to the ride.
    © 2002 The British Horse Society. Updated: 25 Aug 02.
    Leaflet dated: March 1992. Reference: EM-NT