From the car park gates in The Street, Bulmer turn left and at the public footpath sign, turn left towards St Andrew’s Church along an avenue of lime trees. Continue through the churchyard and join a tarmac driveway beside houses. At the gravel track turn right along the bridleway which soon runs along the left-hand edge of a field. At the lane turn left and pass Little Dean Spinney, and maintain direction as the lane becomes an enclosed Byway. At the crossing of paths by a fingerpost keep ahead along the left edge of a field.

Pass White Cottage and turn right at a fingerpost along a footpath through trees. Keep ahead along the field edge, go over an earth bridge, and continue along the right edge of a field looking out for where you turn right at a fingerpost. Cross another earth bridge into a field and head straight across the field towards the hedgeline. Go through the hedge gap to a waymarked fingerpost, turn right along a dirt track and after 50yds (46m) bear left along a grassy path.

At the footbridge on the right, turn left and cross the next two fields, separated by an earth bridge, heading for the left of Oakley Wood. At the fingerpost by a path crossing here turn left along the right edge of a field. Bear right at the field corner and follow a dog leg round to the left of the next field, towards a large white farmhouse. The path curves left and then right to reach a road. You will find The Pheasant pub 30yds (27m) on the left.

Turn right along the road towards Gestingthorpe’s church and take the path to the right of it. Bear right to skirt the perimeter of a paddock and then keep ahead along the grassy path between arable land. Cross an earth bridge and bear left towards woodland. The path runs along the edge of the wood then crosses a cottage garden and at a waymarked fingerpost, take the left fork along a cross field path and go over a plank footbridge.

Turn left and keep ahead to reach a white signpost. Bear right in the direction of Bulmer and Sudbury and where the road bends, turn left at a public footpath sign along a grassy path to the right of Belchamp Brook. At a path crossing, turn left to go over a footbridge and after passing a meadow, bear right and then immediately left to walk along the left edge of a field.