Walking around Scarning
Exploring the countryside around Scarning
 This is the road that leads up to the works.  A modification to the footpaths has been proposed.  The path from the original sewage farm to Rushmeadow Road.
View from the bottom of New Inn lane, but if you turn left and continue along Rushmeadow Road you will see the school at the top of the hill.
This is the field behind the school which provides an income for the School Trust. Further along the road you will come to the bridge over Wendling Beck. This bridge rebuilt in 1885 was at one time known as Grissel Bridge. The driveway on the right just after the bridge leads to Hill Farm. The next turning on the right would have been the road down which Tony Blades walked with his sister to school . After this one can turn left into Podmore lane as they did and pass over the footbridge beside the ford.
The ford at the bottom of
Podmore Lane. View looking east, Scarning Grange can be seen at the centre of this picture. You can continue up Podmore Lane up to Dereham Road at Scarning Arch or take one of two footpaths on the right. The first runs parallel to Rushmeadow Road but on the south side of Wendling Beck and if you turn left at the end of the path you will arrive at the A47 which you could cross to walk up Chapel lane to the centre of the village. The second path leads you to the the A47 and and onwards to the Dereham Road.
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If you follow this footpath which starts opposite Scarning Grange on Dereham Road, cross the A47 and continue past Railway Farm. Here if you turn left you can head towards Scarning Fen where you may be lucky to see a kestrel flying overhead or coming to rest on the electricity cables. Sometimes there are ponies keeping the grass under control. another picture here If you decide to go right you can make for Manor Farm then take a left and head for Green Lane, an unmade track and thence via Shipdham Lane into the centre of the Village.If you turn right at Manor farm and head back down the road to the Grange you will get a good view right across to the church in Dereham and pass Poplar farm on your left before retuning to the A47. 
Manor Farm 
View towards Dereham 
Poplar Farm Walk into DerehamThere is a footpath and cycleway leading from Draytonhall lane which leads on to Ted Ellis Way and then on to Washbridge. Follow this route and you can walk into Dereham passing the Church on the left or by turning right after the last house in the estate you come upon the water meadow and after passing over a litttle bridge you come to the children's playground . If instead, you turn left towards Dereham, Vicarage Meadow is on your left and you reach the quaintly named Rolling Pin Lane with bungalows on your right. A short distance ahead on your left before you arrive at the end of the lane look out for this plaque. For other walks around Dereham click on the picture below
Hoe Bird WalkNot in Scarning but well worth the early start. Monthly walks of about 3 miles to record and observe birds and wildlife led by Janet Hatton of the NWT. Members have been going on this walk for 23 years and recording the changing wildlife scene. New members always welcome. The next one is on 16 May 2010 8am-9:15am. Those who went on the April Walk recorded 51 different birds! If you have any comments or suggestions about walks and places to see around Scarning please e-mail Richard Allan at mail@scarning.info by clicking the logo below.  |
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