We are the Ponteland Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
Dinnington and Blagdon. From The Milkhope Centre at Blagdon we walk south over recently laid farm tracks to Brenkley and then through a series of quiet paddocks to Dinnington. Our route then takes us north of the village skirting Prestwick Carr before returning to visit the café at the Milkhope Centre.
Farm track, gravel paths, field boundaries, pavement and some road walking. If in wet conditions it is likely that there will be some mud. Grade : easy
Refreshments: there is a cafe available at the end of the walk in the Milkhope centre, and cafes and Pubs in nearby Ponteland.
Start Point/ Parking/ Start time: Meet at 10:30 a.m. in the Overflow car park at The Milkhope Centre, Blagdon NE13 6DA , Grid NZ217762. W3W finer.emeralds.prep. Follow the one-way system around The Milkhope Centre and near the exit turn left into the Overflow Car Park set under the trees to the east of the site. Directions to start point: From Ponteland’s North Road take the Berwick Hill Road and continue along it until the SP directing you to the Milkhope centre on the left. If using the A1, take the sliproad off at junction 80 and at the roundabout take first exit SP Blagdon/ Dinnington/ Blagdon Farm shop, onto the old Great North Road. Follow this until SP showing Ponteland/Dinnington/Airport, and take left turn on to Berwick Hill Road. After a short distance, take the right turn at the SP showing Milkhope Centre/ Blagdon Farm shop.
