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Sansom Woods Ponds – Sansom Woods Fishing Pond loop from Longdale Rural Craft Centre

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Sansom Woods Ponds – Sansom Woods Fishing Pond loop from Longdale Rural Craft Centre

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4.8

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Sansom Woods Ponds – Sansom Woods Fishing Pond loop from Longdale Rural Craft Centre

08:00

30.0km

340m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 6, 2026

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Bus stop

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823 m

Sansom Woods Ponds

Highlight • Viewpoint

Sansom Woods have great easy walking paths, criss-crossing throughout them. One of the scenic routes leads to / from Burntstump Hill and follows the edge of the wood with views …

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1.15 km

Sansom Woods Fishing Pond

Highlight • Lake

Nice little woodland with a fishing pond.

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5.72 km

Pig Pen

Highlight • Structure

Great looking pig :)

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15.7 km

Gunthorpe Hagg Wood

Forest

16.6 km

Priory Wood Ravenshead

Highlight • Forest

Newstead Priory Wood is a peaceful place nestled between a small town and farmland. Newly planted woodland and semi-mature pine wood provide different areas of interest throughout the site.

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18.0 km

Thieves Wood

Highlight • Trail

Walking trails, picnic benches and a definite folklore ambience await at Thieves Wood. Once the hunting ground of robbers and highwaymen and with associations to folklore legend Robin Hood, if …

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20.3 km

Fountain Dale

Highlight • Historical Site

Reputedly the place where Robin Hood first met Friar Tuck.

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20.5 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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27.3 km

Blidworth Wood

Forest

28.0 km

Blidworth Woods

Highlight • Forest

There's also two big & FREE Car Parks, one in the North and the other in the South of the wood. So no excuse not to visit!

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30.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.9 km

7.37 km

4.76 km

1.16 km

752 m

Surfaces

9.71 km

7.96 km

4.68 km

3.03 km

2.88 km

894 m

Elevation

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Highest point (150 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

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Friday 22 May

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Sansom Woods Ponds – Sansom Woods Fishing Pond loop from Longdale Rural Craft Centre

Sansom Woods Ponds

Sansom Woods Fishing Pond

Pig Pen

Priory Wood Ravenshead

Thieves Wood

Fountain Dale

Fountain Dale Ponds

Blidworth Woods

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