On Foot from Fotherby - North Elkington

(S) Face the Interpretation Board and turn left. After walking 200 metres turn right along Short Lane and carefully cross the A16 bypass. Continue along to the lane junction and turn right, following the road up to Fotherby Common.

(1) Continue along the farm track to the footpath sign on the left. Bear left onto the footpath, which is normally marked on the ground, walk downhill to the far corner, aiming for the tall tree where hedgerows merge in the valley bottom. Cross the footbridge and turn right along a grass track, through some woodland and skirting round an old pond on your right to a stile.

(2) Climb the stile into the open grassy valley and continue along 200m then bear left uphill passing some of the terraced fields of the earthworks. Aim for the top left corner of the field. Climb a double stile and follow the wire fence on your left to the corner. Continue ahead, through the deserted medieval village and through the kissing gate to the left of the white houses directly in front of you.

(3) Go left along the track to a bridle gate on the right and turn right to descend to the valley floor, along one of the former village streets. At the bottom turn left, through the bridle gate and continue straight ahead cross the arable field, aiming for the gap in the hedge. Through the gate and turn right along the road. After 275 meters turn right onto the access road to North Elkington Grange. Walk through the farmyard and turn right at the end along a short track, passing a white cottage.

(4) At the end go through a metal gate and turn left beside a hedge. (There are great views here looking back across the valley to North Elkington). At the field corner go through a second gate and bear left along a grass track for about 90 meters. At a waymark turn right along a field headland with a hedge on your left to reach a 3-way fingerpost. Keep ahead now, gradually curving to the right as you pass Fotherby Top Farm on your right, through the farmyard and onto the access track. Turn left and continue along the track where it will rejoin the outward route at Fotherby Common from where you can retrace your steps back to Fotherby Village.(S/E)