Beningbrough Newton walk
Follow the pink way-markers for this walk through parkland and woods with two great options to extend your wanders using Larch walk and into Newton-on-Ouse village.
Good to know
Please use the car park, even if you are only visiting the parkland. For everyone's safety, avoid parking in passing places, on embankments or close to neighbouring drives. For your safety and to protect the cattle and calves, please stay on the footpaths and avoid roaming across the fields. Livestock can be seen in the parkland for much of the year. They belong to the tenant farmer who also runs Home Farm Café. Take care when the cows are in the fields and please be aware the bull may be there too. This walk shares the pathway with traffic unless you decide to turn round and walk back the same way – the views are quite different so worth considering.
Map
Start:
Beningbrough Hall car park
1
Start in the car park, with your back to admissions, head diagonally across the car park towards the gate in the far-right hand corner. Go through the gate and follow the path towards the farm shop. With the farm shop on your right-hand side, carry along to your left along the tarmac road, leaving the farm shop behind you.
2
Cross over the main exit road and continue through the gate directly in front of you. Continue along the concrete path with views over Beningbrough’s parkland on your left-hand side.
Look out for the cattle, including prize winning Aberdeen Angus, farmed by the tenant farmers on the Beningbrough estate.
3
Optional Loop: If you want to extend your walk through the Larch walk, before entering the picnic area, enter the woods through the gate on your right. Either follow the wooded path round and turn back once you reach the metal gate or, alternatively, once you reach the same point (where the road intersects the two wooded areas), turn right and follow the road back towards Home Farm, re-joining the trail from step 2.
A spring time treat
At spring time this woodland area is transformed with a carpet of bluebells.
4
Head through the gate towards the picnic area. Continue on the pathway around the pond, looking out for the frame with views back towards the hall.
5
Keep following pathway towards the trees and take a left turn into the woods. Follow this bark mulch path through the woods coming out at Newton Lodge.
6
Optional Loop: At Newton Lodge can leave the estate turning right for an optional extra loop around the village, taking in the church and the war memorial, all with strong links to the Beningbrough estate. If you prefer to head back towards Beningbrough jump straight to Step 7.
Walk back in time
Uncover further connections between the Beningbrough estate and the village church, pubs, trees and WWII connections.
7
Head left and along the entrance road with Newton Lodge behind you. As this is one of the main driveways into Beningbrough, please take extra care for passing cars. Follow this all the way back with glimpses of the hall along the way.
8
Turn right at lime tree avenue to head towards the hall making your way up the impressive driveway before arriving back into the car park.
Victorian ice skaing pond
An area on your right hand side was once the sight for Beningbrough’s Victorian ice skating pond. The pond has since been protected with soil but you can still make out the pond outline, especially from the top floor of the hall (pond not accessible from the path).
End:
Beningbrough Hall car park
