Ranger's Path, Sherwood Pines
4.5 miles (7.2 km). About 1½ hours, easy.
Start: SK 612 619. Finish: SK 618 627. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Up and down
About 82 m of climbing and 82 m of descent; highest point 105 m.
Facts
- Code
- EM 1190
- Distance
- 4.5 miles (7.2 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryengland.uk
- Walking time
- About 1½ hours
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- East Midlands
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Total ascent
- About 82 m. Highest point 105 m
Getting there
- Car park
- Car park, 840 m from the start. Directions SK 620 616
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: a bus stop, 1.8 km away (Directions); a station (heritage railway), 4.9 km away (Directions).
Getting back
Stations and bus stops near the finish:
- Bus stop
- Bus stop, 810 m from the finish. Directions SK 625 632
What to expect
No steep climbs: no kilometre gains more than about 24 m.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
- Café
- Sherwood Pines Cafe, Kings Clipstone: 2.5 miles in. Seats outside.
As OpenStreetMap records them. Opening times change, so check before you set off.
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Connecting routes
- EM 1192Castle Walk, Sherwood PinesShares 1 mile of path with this route. This route finishes on it.
Walks nearby
- EM 1201Archer's Stroll, Sherwood Pines1 mile, circular. Starts 1.1 miles away
- EM 1038Southwell Trail7.5 miles, one way. Starts 2.5 miles away
- EM 1125The Mansfield Way1.6 miles, one way. Starts 3.2 miles away
- EM 1060Wildwood Trail3.8 miles, circular. Starts 4.1 miles away
- EM 1191Blue Trail, Blidworth Woods3.1 miles. Starts 4.9 miles away
- EM 1002Dukeries TrailLong-distance route, 32 miles, one way. Starts 5.4 miles away
Sources
Checked against forestryengland.uk on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Forestry England, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Forestry England).
- Facts: forestryengland.uk
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