There is a regular bus (52) and train service to start of walk.

Route Developer: DB

[1] From the station turn left to reach Furnace Lane. Cross to reach the bus turning point at Junction Road, opposite the Junction Pub. Note the very wide train tracks on your left. This used to be a very busy area for coal trains from the local mines, now all closed.

[2] Turn left into Junction Road and within a few metres just past June Road you will see on your right an entrance into a park and playing fields which will offer you some extensive views.

The walk now heads over the grass, but the ground here usually remains firm even after heavy rain, however there is a wet weather alternative route, below.

If the ground is too wet and muddy walk from the bus turning point at Junction Road, take the footpath that curves to the right between rows of houses. Within a few metres come out onto a small road (Hannah Road). Walk straight along this road till you reach a T-junction.
Turn right into Rodger Road,continue along this road for a few metres until it reaches a larger busier road (Station Road).Turn left and stay on the left-hand pavement, passing Brunswick Primary School. Originally this was the site of Brockwood Primary School which burnt down in the 1960s.

When opposite the Brunswick Hotel, cross the road, taking care. Continue up Station Road, passing the Brockwood training centre which used to be the Woodhouse Grammar school, built in 1909. At the top of Station Road, turn right and keep to the right-hand pavement. Within a few metres cross Beaver Hill Road.

If the weather is dry follow the edge of the park between the football pitches and the back gardens of a row of houses and in about 100 metres you enter a large open field. Follow the grassy path diagonally up the slope towards the houses at the top of the field. To your right you can see the large Brunswick Primary School. Go through the narrow pedestrian gap in the field’s fence and in front of you is an exit from the park.

[3] Take care here.Do not walk up the road straight ahead of you. Instead turn right along a short stretch of rough, but firm, track leading into a tarmacked lane (Greengate Lane).Walk up the gently rising lane to the top where it meets a main road (Beighton Road). Turn right and stay on the right-hand pavement, walking past a short parade of shops and snack places.

[4] Within a few metres cross both Station Road and then Beaver Hill road. Take care as both roads can be busy. A few metres further on at the bus stop by the George Hotel turn right into Market Street. You can see ahead of you Woodhouse’s shopping centre with its shops, pubs and eating places. Walk across the pedestrianised area in front of The Stag Pub, past the war memorial and the Woodhouse cross.Turn right into Cross Street.

The George pub was once a nineteenth century farmhouse.The Stag was originally built in 1721, but has since been very much extended.The Royal was built as a pub in the early nineteenth century and got its present name in 1861.The Woodhouse Cross was erected in 1775.

[5] Walk up the short street Cross Street to the Tythe Barn Community Centre. Upon reaching the centre turn right and then immediately left into Tithe Barn Lane. Keep to the left hand pavement. Pass St James Church which was built in 1876 on the site of the old village tithe barn where villagers paid their church taxes. Continue down the gently sloping road ignoring all paths leading off to the left. Here you will have views over the Rother Valley.

[6] At the T-junction at the bottom of Tithe Barn Lane, cross over Beaver Hill Road,keeping a lookout for traffic. Turn left and then almost immediately turn right into Badger Road. Stay on the right-hand pavement. Upon reaching Badger Close, cross over to a bus stop and turn right to continue along Badger Road. Upon reaching Badger Drive on your left you have a choice of two routes, depending upon whether the ground is dry or very wet.

[7] Turn left and walk down Badger Drive onto the footpath straight ahead between houses 16-30. Soon you will enter Flockton park over a small footbridge. The path ahead of you is firm underfoot, but there can be large puddles after heavy rain. Walk up the path to reach the park exit by the railway line.Turn left along the lane and reach the main road (Retford Road) within a few metres.

If the weather is wet continue along the left-hand pavement of Badger Road. About 100 metres after crossing Goathland Drive and just as Badger Road swings to the right and starts to climb the hill, turn along the footpath to your left leading through a short patch of open land, coming out opposite Woodhouse Station. Turn left along the lane that runs along by the railway line. Soon you will reach the main road (Retford Road).

[8] Do not cross Retford Road here, instead turn right under the railway bridge and continue along Retford Road.

From here you can see the large Woodhouse Mill Regulator designed to control the flow of the River Rother following heavy rain.Woodhouse Mill itself gets its name from the corn-grinding mill once owned by Kirkstead Abbey.

Turn right into Furnace Lane. There are some food/snack places along the road. Continue uphill along Furnace Lane to reach a footpath leading back to  Woodhouse station on your right.