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6.1 mi 52.5737, -0.2260 At Junction 5 exit the parkway on the left exit lane.

0.2 mi At the r/bout take the 1st exit s/p “City Centre” on to Boongate.

0.5 mi At the r/bout take the 1st exit on to St Johns Rd. The Cathedral will be on your left.

Otherwise . . .

Continuing North from Peterborough to Sherwood Forest

From Peterborough to Edwinstowe, HQ of the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre, is 67 miles, about
1 hr 25min.

From the centre of Peterborough find your way to the A47.

52.5724, -0.2956 There’s a major r/bout at the junction of the Nene Parkway (A1260) and
the A47. Take or remain on the A47.

5.2 mi 52.5849, -0.4120 Go str through the r/bout.

0.2 mi At the second r/bout take the 3rd exit s/p “The North / Stanford” to merge on to Great North
Rd, the A1.

2.6 mi 52.6178,- 0.4505 You will pass RAF Wittering and sitting out front is one of the famous
Harrier Jump-jets that could lift off vertically before flying like a normal jet fighter.

1.3 mi 52.6306, -0.4717 At this point you can take a diversion to Burghley House. See sidebar.

23.0mi 52.9169, -0.6805 Point of minor interest: The town of Grantham, over to your right, was
the birth place of former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thacher.

Continuing on towards Sherwood Forest . . .

16.5 mi 53.1164, -0.8163 At this point, if you want to give Sherwood Forest a miss, just continue
on the A1 and pick up the track on the next page where it says This is now route 3 on the map.

Otherwise, for Sherwood Forest . . .

After passing around the eastern edge of Newark-on-Trent and crossing the River Trent, exit the
A1 following s/p “Ollerton / Newark / B6325”.

0.3 mi At the r/bout take the 1st exit s/p “Ollerton/ Newark / B6325”.

Expert navigator checkpoint: Shortly after merging on to the B6325 you will cross over the
railway lines on a stone bridge.

1.5 mi 53.1044, -0.8241 At the r/bout take the 4th exit on to Ollerton Rd, the A616, s/p “Sheffield
A616 / Worksop (B6034) / Ollerton”

11.2 mi 53.2014, -1.0179 At the r/bout take the 1st exit on to Ollerton Rd, remaining on the A616
s/p “Sheffield A616 / Nottingham / Doncaster (A614) / Mansfield A6075”.

Expert navigator checkpoint: Shortly after that instruction look for the Scout and Guide Activity
Centre on the right.