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Scunthorpe Central

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2.3 miles
Moderate terrain
01:15 hours
2 difficulty
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Start - Car park on Henderson Avenue, next to Sainsbury’s, DN15 7RQ

  • 1
    Cross Doncaster Road, go along Exeter Road, crossing Mary Street, Bruce Street and Cliff Gardens.
  • 2
    Turn left down Vicarage Gardens.
  • 3
    Turn right along Oswald Road passing the Museum on your right.
  • 4
    Turn right up church Lane, crossing near the Post Office.
  • 5
    Turn left along Bell Lane, at the end bend right along the lane parallel to the railway, the lane emerges to the right of Church Lane Medical Centre.
  • 6
    Keep left along this road (Orchid Road) through a small estate to the end.
  • 7
    Go through the access gap in the fence down into Frodingham Nature Reserve, follow the duckboard path across the wet area.
  • 8
    Leave the reserve through the gate, cross the car park and up the access road back to Church Lane.
  • 9
    Cross the road, turning left down the hill, crossing Newland Avenue and Axholme Road and down to the main road (Kingsway).
  • 10
    Turn right downhill along the pavement.
  • 11
    Turn right along a surfaced path to the bend in Cliff Closes Road and keep left downhill.
  • 12
    Turn left into the gardens past a play area on your left. Keep to the left at the first path junction.
  • 13
    Turn left after a large tree, circling a weeping willow tree and going back uphill towards a formal garden bed, circling it to the left.
  • 14
    Head uphill, cross the lower road and through a metal gate, up a ramp, and through a second gate.
  • 15
    Turn left along this upper part of Cliff Closes Road.
  • 16
    Turn right up Doncaster Road Hill, crossing Avenue Vivian and passing High Ridge School back to your starting point.
Please note: routes are created by volunteers and may change due to ground conditions. Start points and landmarks are directional guides only and may be near or on private property.