Descend past the church to the river and go left to the stepping stones. Climb beside a wood to New Laund, continuing through the farmyard. Towards the far end, leave left by an old cheese press on a track to Tunstall Ing. Keep the line across a couple of fields, leaving through a gate onto a lane.

Go briefly left to a stile on the right. Strike out half left to a track. Walk right past Tunstall Ing, curving over a hill. Keep left at a fork to Higher Fence Wood Farm.

Pass through the farmyard to the track beyond. Over a footbridge, go through a gate and turn left along the field edge. Towards the far end, swing right to a gate and continue to Dinkling Green Farm, walking between the house and barn into the farmyard.

Leave beside a stone barn on the right. At a fork, keep left. Entering a field, continue by the right-hand fence. Through a gate in a dip, stay beside the left hedge, turning left through a gate by the corner. Reaching a gate in a stone wall, go through and head towards Lickhurst Farm, dropping across a footbridge in the intervening valley. Climb the track beyond and turn left through the yard.

Leave the far end along an old track. Beyond a ford curve right, then, approaching a gate, bear left and climb beside a stream. Through a gate in the corner, carry on from field to field to Knot Hill. Approaching the quarry, swing left past a lime kiln to a track. Follow it right to a lane and go left to a junction.

Turn left. Just past a house, leave through a gate on the right. Over a stream, turn right to the river, where stepping stones cross to Stakes Farm. Follow a track out left.

Alternatively, if the river is high, turn right, eventually crossing Loud Mytham Bridge to a junction. Go left to cross the Hodder. Immediately over Doeford Bridge, mount a stile on the left. Climb above the river and over the crest to a stile in the right corner. Continue by an outgrown hedge and through a gate, dropping with the boundary on your right to Stakes Farm. Turn out past a barn onto a track and follow it right.

Reaching a bend, go through the gate ahead and turn left downhill. Curve right across a stream, rising beyond to a kissing-gate. Walk ahead to a second kissing-gate near the far-left corner. Carry on to ford another stream, climbing away on a grass track and then above a tree-clad bank to the corner of Ing Wood. Walk on at its edge, maintaining the line across a large field to exit the far corner onto a lane.

Go left a short distance to a tall gate on the right, through which swing left to a field gate. Bear right across the hillside to another tall gate. Contour from field to field around the hill, eventually passing through a third tall gate. Briefly follow a wall before turning left through a field gate. Drop to join a track slanting down across the hillside. Passing Seed Hill Cottage, swing left, descending beside a small graveyard and down steps to a lane. Go left back to Whitewell.