Go towards the National Trust visitor centre and take the gravel path to its left, past the Buckinghamshire Arms. Continue up the drive, forking right at the tree with a bench around its trunk, and go through the revolving gates into Blickling Park. Keep ahead at a fork and follow the Weavers' Way, eventually to go through a gate into The Beeches. Continue ahead at a crossing of paths along the right-hand field edge. On nearing a house, follow the path right, then left to a lane.

Turn left at the lane, following its winding path until you pass Mill Cottage, complete with mill pond, on your right and Mill Farm on your left. The mixed deciduous Great Wood on your left belongs to the National Trust. Leave the woods and walk through the pretty Bure Valley for about 700yds (640m) until you see a footpath on your left (although the 'Restricted Byway' sign is on the right).

Turn left down this track, with trees and hedgerows on either side. Go up a slope to Bunker's Hill Plantation (also protected by the National Trust), skirting around the edge of this before the footpath merges with a farm track. It eventually comes out onto a road.

Turn left and then right, onto New Road, which is signposted for Cawston and Oulton Street. This wide lane runs as straight as an arrow for about 0.75 miles (1.2km), before reaching a crossroads at the village sign for Oulton Street.

Turn left by the RAF Oulton memorial and its bench on the opposite verge. The lane starts off wide, but soon narrows to a peaceful rural track. Continue along this for 1.5 miles (2.4km), passing through the thin line of trees known as the Oulton Belt and eventually arriving at Abel Heath, a small conservation area owned by the National Trust.

Turn left by the oak tree, then left at the T-junction towards Abel Heath Farm. The lane winds downhill until you reach the red-brick cottages of the little hamlet of Silvergate. You are now on the Weavers' Way long distance footpath. Pass a cemetery on your right and continue until you see St Andrew's Church (partly 14th century, but mostly Victorian). Continue on until you reach the main road.

Turn left, passing the Buckinghamshire Arms and the pretty 18th- and 19th-century estate cottages at the park gates on your right. Continue walking until you see signs for the car park, where you turn right.