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The Smelters' Walk


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About The Smelters' Walk

The Smelters' Walk is a route suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs, on level or gently sloping surfaced paths. Two miles long, it passes through area where iron was once smelted in the forest.

How to get there:

The Smelters' Walk can be started from Top Lodge Fineshade Wood in Fineshade Wood which is part of Rockingham Forest. Stamford (Lincolnshire) is the nearest town or village.

Top Lodge and Fineshade are signposted from the A43, between Stamford and Corby, opposite the turning for Wakerley Woods. The postcode for SatNavs and Route Finders is NN17 3BB.

OS Grid Reference: SP 978984
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info

What's on in Rockingham Forest

June

  • Craft Fayre
    Sunday 3 June 2012
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    Monday 11 June 2012 to Friday 15 June 2012

July

  • Craft Fayre
    Sunday 3 June 2012
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    Sunday 4 November 2012
  • Basket making for Beginners
    Saturday 21 July 2012
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Visitors at Fineshade centre

Top Lodge Fineshade Wood Facilities.
ToiletsParking ChargeInformationEasy AccessVisitor CentreRefreshmentsOther Facilities
Grade of trail:
Sensible footwareEasyeasy access
Trail waymarking:
Length of trail:
2 miles
Approximate time of trail:
approx 1 hour
Open or closed:
open
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Contact:

Northants Office

01780 444920
e-mail: northants@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

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