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Dunstall Hall

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Walk directions

From the car park turn left along Crowberry Lane, past the Methodist Church. Go through a gate onto a wide farm track, then over a stile and ahead to an information panel. Go through the gate and straight ahead through the field to reach a solitary post.

Veer half left to go through a gate into woodland. Stay on the main path, ignoring permissive routes off left and right, then via another gate walk out across a wide field. Bear slightly left to reach Smith Hills Cottages.

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Location

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Additional information

Terrain - Grassy field paths, dirt tracks and lanes, several stiles

Landscape - Woods, parkland and fields

Dog friendliness - Keep on lead around livestock

Parking - Public car park by village hall, Barton-under-Needwood

Toilets en route - By car park

About the walk

The centrepiece of this walk is Dunstall Hall, dating from the 1800s but replacing a much earlier building that once stood on the site of nearby Old Hall farm. Still privately owned, the hall and 1,000-acre (405ha) estate have passed through many different pairs of hands over the centuries,...

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About the area

Staffordshire features lofty moors, deep dales and tremendous views of both. Further south are the six sprawling towns that make up Stoke-on-Trent, which historically have had such an impact on Staffordshire’s fortunes, not to mention its culture and countryside.

Route details

Difficulty:

Easy

Gradient:

Gentle

Distance:

3.5 miles (5.7kms)

Ascent:

344ft (105m)

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Walk details

Difficulty:

Easy

Gradient:

Gentle

Distance:

3.5 miles (5.7kms)

Ascent:

344ft (105m)

Walk directions

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Go through two gates and across a lane for a track into a field. Where it meets a surfaced lane go straight on. With the entrance to Old Hall on your left go over a stile ahead and through a meadow, aiming for the gate in the far right corner. Continue on a path to reach a road.

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Cross the road carefully for a stile opposite. Walk along the right edge of the field for 440yds (402m) until you get to a waymarker post. Turn right and walk down across the field, through a belt of trees and up across another field towards farm buildings. Aim for the metal gate between large sheds and go through this to cross the farmyard. Go through a gate for a double stile onto a lane.

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Turn right and follow the lane past Sprinks Barn Farm (Landrover and 4x4 servicing specialists) as it becomes a surfaced drive. At the crossroads at the bottom of the hill, with the church on your right, go straight over, past the cricket ground and as far as a bend.

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Turn right over a stile for a fenced path past an overgrown old pool. Continue through woodland to the gate at the far end. Go ahead through the field to the solitary post, then veer slightly left on the route back to the start.

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Location

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Additional information

Terrain - Grassy field paths, dirt tracks and lanes, several stiles

Landscape - Woods, parkland and fields

Dog friendliness - Keep on lead around livestock

Parking - Public car park by village hall, Barton-under-Needwood

Toilets en route - By car park

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