Messingham Sand Quarries Nature Reserve Walk

Start - Messingham Sand Quarries Nature Reserve car park, DN17 3RE

• 1
  Leave car park via information board on wide grass track, continue straight ahead.
• 2
  Turn right going slightly uphill to view pond, turn round and retrace route back to main track.
• 3
  Turn right onto main track (zone 3 ) marker post, continue on track through (zone 4 & zone 5). At V junction take left hand side (zone 6 ) through (zone 7) ponds on both sides of track.
• 4
  At V take right track to Duck Hide (passing the Peter Medland memorial board).
• 5
  After visiting the Hide return taking right track going downhill (zone 8).
• 6
  At zone 11 marker post turn right (zone9) over wooden duck board & continue ahead.
• 7
  Continue along this track through (zone 10).
• 8
  Visit Wader Hide, leave hide & return on track back to wooden duck board.
• 9
  Turn right (zone 11) continue ahead ( sheep in field on left).
• 10
  Continue along this wide track (zone 12) track goes narrower (zone 13), continue ahead through (zone 14 & zone 15) eventually going over more duck boarding into (zone 16), continue over more duckboarding ahead down wide grass track returning to car park.