Fountain Dale – Fountain Dale Ponds loop from Blidworth

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Fountain Dale – Fountain Dale Ponds loop from Blidworth

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Fountain Dale – Fountain Dale Ponds loop from Blidworth

02:28

9.23km

100m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 6, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

73 m

Blidworth Miners Welfare Football and Cricket Club

Highlight • Rest Area

279 m

Blidworth Colliery Pit Wheel and Memorial

Highlight • Monument

1.04 km

Route 6 Pitstop Food Trailer

Highlight • Cafe

Open 9.00-3.00 Sat and Sun for great breakfast cobs

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2.00 km

St Mary of the Purification Church, Blidworth

Highlight • Religious Site

This 15th-century church boasts an impressive tower that lords over the nearby mining village of Blidworth. At the heart of the Sherwood Forest region, it has associations with folklore. It …

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2.67 km

THE DRUID STONE is a natural rock formation with a narrow, manmade passage cut through its centre. It rises anomalously from otherwise gently undulating agricultural land close to the village of Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, in the heart of Sherwood Forest.

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5.15 km

Fountain Dale

Highlight • Historical Site

Reputedly the place where Robin Hood first met Friar Tuck.

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5.38 km

Fountain Dale Ponds

Highlight • Forest

Fans of English folklore heed this well, for it was at Fountain Dale where the first meeting of Robin Hood and Friar Tuck took place. Legend goes that they fought …

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9.23 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.58 km

1.09 km

865 m

703 m

Surfaces

3.96 km