WhifflersWalks - Hempton

Hempton

Walking routes starting near Holy Trinity Church, The Green, Hempton. Parking on unpaved track leading to the church. Streetmap

Nat.Grid: TF 914 291

GPS: Lat,Long 52.8259,0.8395

what3words: roost.vegetable.reefs

HEMPTON TO SHEREFORD - 5.0 miles / 8.0 km

Hempton 01 - route name

A circular walk from Hempton Church, south to Pudding Norton then west to Shereford, returning east along the route of the old railway track to Fakenham. Last walked on 3 June 2017

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SHEREFORD & BEACON HILL, COLKIRK - 6.2 miles / 10.0 km

Hempton 03 - route name

A circular walk from Hempton Church, west along the route of the old railway track from Fakenham to the outskirts of Shereford then south to Beacon Hill near Colkirk, returning via Pudding Norton and Hempton Green. Last walked on 25 January 2018

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FAKENHAM & RIVER WENSUM - 5.2 miles / 8.4 km

Hempton 04 - route name

A circular walk from Hempton Church; east on a footpath along the banks of the River Wensum, turning west on the course of a dismantled railway line and then "switching tracks" by climbing up a bank to another old railway track at a higher level but heading north, continuing along a footpath then through backstreets of Fakenham to reach the northern outskirts of the town, following streets and footpaths west and then south around the perimeter of Fakenham back to the start. Last walked on 23 August 2018

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COLKIRK AND FAKENHAM - 8.9 miles / 14.3 km

Hempton 07 - route name

A circular walk from Hempton Church: west along the route of the old railway track from Fakenham to the outskirts of Shereford then south to Beacon Hill and onward to Colkirk village: returning north via Pudding Norton and the western outskirts of Fakenham to the start. Last walked on 4 March 2020

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COLKIRK, RAYNHAM & HELHOUGHTON - 12.6 miles / 20.3 km

Hempton 08 - route name

A circular walk from Hempton Church: south across fields and on paths, tracks and roads to Colkirk; continuing south towards Oxwick then west to East Raynham; continuing west around the outskirts of Raynham Park then north to Helhoughton; north by road towards Tatterford, turning east then north to the round towered church at Shereford; east on path, following the route of the old railway line, to Fakenham; south by road back to the start. Last walked on 6 September 2020

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