Start : Outside the Holly Bush Inn (DE56 0RX) Grid ref. NY 79525 87279
(S/E) With your back to the door, turn left and walk along the road towards Greenhaugh First School. Keep following the road. At the junction go straight on along the road, signed ‘Sidwood’. Cross the road bridge over the Tarset Burn and keep following the road uphill. Look out for the pretty waterfall on your right as you cross over the burn.
(1) At the junction turn left along the road signed ‘Thorneyburn’, and walk past St Aidan’s Church on your left. Keep following the road.
(2) Just before Thorneyburn Lodge climb over the stile in the wall on your left. Follow the garden wall (keeping it on your right), turning right and continuing 50 metres until you reach a stone step stile in the wall. Head across the rough fell the ground, in the direction indicated by the arrow on the stone stile. After about ¼ mile you will reach the stone remains of a battle next to a waymark post. Sheep and cattle may be grazing in these fields.
(3) Continue straight on until you reach the fence. At the fence, turn left and walk down the open grazing land (keeping the fence on your right) to the bottom of the field. Go through the gate and walk downhill, through the wooded dene, crossing the stream and going up to join the track to Boughthill Farm.
(4) Go through the farmyard, and turn left to walk along the farm track. The hay meadows here are full of wildflowers from May to July. Cross the footbridge over the Tarset Burn, and keep walking along the trackback to the road. At the road, turn left back into the village. The car park is on your right. (S/E)
