Mendlesham Woodland

Turn right onto Old Station Road.

Go past Middy Close and at the end of the pavement, follow the path ahead with the field on your right. Cross a wooden footbridge to enter Vicarage Plantation.

The fields that make up the plantation have been named Oak Meadow, Cricket Meadow (formerly a cricket pitch), Long Meadow and Water Meadow.

Take the second path on the right just beyond the signboard. The path takes you through Long Meadow and into Water Meadow where there is a picnic site on the right.

Continue past the picnic area, bearing left at the bench, to go around the Vicarage on your left. Bear right to pass a gate on the right (this is part of an enclosure of fritillaria, bell-shaped spring flowers, which is well worth a look!). Cross Oak Meadow towards the very large Oak tree

Turn right at the Oak, pass through a gap and past a bench into Long Meadow. Ahead of you is a ‘ring of nut trees’. Venture inside! Exit ahead, veering left to follow the mown path to a wooden fence through, turn right, and follow the perimeter path around the edge of the wood

At the entrance signboard turn left and retrace your steps