Start: Market Place, Holt. (NR25 6BE) Grid ref. TG 079 387
Waymarkers: Throughout the distance it is clearly waymarked with the distinctive Holt-Mannignton Walk waymarkers.
(S/E) From Market Place, walk West along High Street, then left (South) along A148 becoming B1149 past straight ahead at the roundabout. The official walk starts in Holt Country Park. Take the path that runs along the edge of B1149 Saxthorpe Road. The footpath which is off the road and is not immediately obvious. Keep along this until an open grass field is reached with a waymarker pointing diagonally across.
(1) Turn left and keep to the track down and across the small river and turn left to follow the watercourse North-East until there is a track right up through the woods and out across open fields. It is now a virtually straight line through to Hempstead and beyond.
(2) Out of Hempstead, as the road bends to the right and junctions with Back Lane, walk 10 yards up Back Lane and the path continues on the right across more fields. There are crops on these fields and the route is not totally clear - just head diagonally across to the waymarker in the far corner.
(3) Cross the road and take the track down to the road by Hole Farm where the route turns left to follow the road through to Ralphs, a modern eco-friendly building with a roofed garden. Turn right to follow the track through the woods at the side of Ralphs, turning left at the bottom of the hill which then leads along the border of the wood. Continue over the road and keep to the track all the way through to Barningham.
(4) At this point, the path meets the return route. Go straight across the road and through the sheep field and continue until a field boundary is met. Turn right and follow the boundary around to Watery Lane which is no more than a footpath. Keep to this path until it meets the road. Double back up the road down to the woods.
(5) Take the track on the right into Mossymere Wood. Follow the way markers through and left onto Keepers Lane which meets the road to Mannington. Turn right and follow the road through to Mannington Hall. Here it is unclear as to the direction one should go.
(6) There is a footpath on the left just beyond the hall, at the top edge of this field follow the boundary to the left then follow the way markers North-West-West through to the road. Cross the road and continue straight ahead to Barnignham Green Farm. At the road turn left.
(4) Then take the track on the right which is the crossover point of the trail. Continue straight along this track to Plumstead. At the road turn right then left to follow the Baconsthorpe road until there is a footpath on the left.
(7) Keep to the path through to Baconsthorpe. Take the road past the old Hare and Hounds, then the lane on the left into Hempstead.
(8) There is a track down the side of the church which leads through to Hempstead Hall.
(9) Follow the track past the duckpond then across the grass field. At the bottom keep to the right up the hill and along the field boundary to the road. Turn left and follow the road back along the side of the country park back to Market Place, Holt. (S/E)