Start : At the Y junction nearby Rock Cricket Club. Grid ref. NU 202 205. Rock Mill farm track.
(S/E) From the Y junction, take the road West-North-West to Rock moor away from Rock. After around 830m join a right of way on your right (North).
(1) Turn right here. Follow the right of way keeping the same direction (North-West) until it joins B6347 near West Fallodon.
(2) At the road, turn right onto this for around 200m entering the woods on the left just beyond a small bridge.
(3) Follow the route as it passes Doxford Farm with its holiday cottages on the left-hand side. Stay left of the fence and view the ancient settlement (that is the hill on your right) then rejoin the road at one of the gatehouses of Doxford Hall with its unique cast iron roof supports and drains pipes.
(4) Turn right and follow the road past the rear walls of Doxford Hall for around 1.3km. Take right at the first junction and immediately right again at the next.
(5) This is hard to spot! Find the footpath that goes South-East-East in the woodland. Follow the well-defined path to the front of Fallodon Hall. (Around 2km)
(6) Opposite the house on the corner go through the second gate turn left and enter the woodland. Walk through the trees on the well-defined woodland footpath adjacent to the hall's walled garden.
(7) Join a road, and keep South-West (right) for a short distance (around 200m) before taking the farm track. Turn left up the field edge and follow the field edge all the way around until you come to a gate by the road.
(8) Cross B6347. Follow the path across the field bearing fractionally right heading for Rock Mill (the houses at the far end of the field). On the way, you will pass disused quarries before joining the farm track at Rock Mill.
(9) Follow this well-made farm track back to the start point.(S/E)