(S/E)From The Hardwick Inn car park entrance, turn right towards the entrance to Hardwick Park. Go through the gate to the left of the cattle grid and turn left along the woodland edge.
(1) After about 300 yards, turn left through a kissing gate into the wood (signposted “The sculpture walk”). Skirt to the right of the duck decoy and cross the stream.
On exiting the woodland, bear right and follow the path alongside the Great Pond. At the end, bear left onto the car park entrance road and turn right to pass the Visitor Centre. Continue through the car park, following the signposted “Miller’s Walk”.
(2) Cross the footbridge over the outflow of the Miller’s Pond, then bear right around the bottom end. At the far side, go through a gate and turn right, still with the pond on your right.
(3) Turn left up the track, passing the quarry entrance on your left with a sign reading “The Story of Stone at Hardwick”. Ignore a footpath on the left and go straight on through a gate, until you reach the end of the track.
Bear right and pass between two of the Row Ponds. In the open parkland beyond, bear left (uphill), aiming for the ruin of Hardwick Old Hall.
At the top, turn left through a gate and walk up below the buttressed wall to emerge opposite the entrance to the New Hall.
(4) Turn right through the gateway and pass Hardwick Old Hall on your right. Ignore the archway on the left into the stableyard, instead following the descending road on the right. Pass the Stone Centre and follow the curving drive back to The Hardwick Inn.(S/E)
