Semerwater

How to walk around Semerwater

Directions

1. From the car park head east along the road, walking towards Low Blean Farm where you pay for parking. Opposite the driveway on the edge of the road is a metal gate and public footpath sign, head through this and across the next field, roughly following the line of the wall on your right. in the wall opposite is a wooden gate. Head through that and across the next field.

2. Head through a stone gap, then over a stone stile next to the farm building on the left. On your right you will soon see you can get down to the waters edge for a stone throwing opportunity!

3. After this, continue to follow the footpath as it enters the Semer Water nature reserve, and then eventually you will see the ruins of Stalling Busk Church emerge on your right. You can access the ruins, where there is an information board to find out more about its history (see below!) but after exploring, head back to the path.

4. The path heads through a wooden gate. On the other side, there is a signpost pointing to Stalling Busk and Marsett. Head in the direction of Stalling Busk. The path heads upwards and into the tiny settlement, passing Keld Scar waterfalls (which wasn’t much to be excited about when we were there after drought!)

5. You will now be on a grassy and stony track, which heads round to the right, between a pretty farmhouse on your right and an outbuilding on your left. The path goes between the two and then heads towards a wide stone track, Busk Lane. Join this and turn right (there is a bench here on your left for a snack stop!)

6. Follow the track downwards. Excitingly, (at least it was when we thought we’d have to turn around and walk back again!) the stone track heads directly into the water of the beck, but there is a grass path that offshoots directly to the left and follows alongside it. It will then re-join the stony track for a short distance before another ford. At this point, there is a footbridge to the left that you need to cross.

7. Cross it, then continue to head along the stony track until you reach the farming village of Marsett. Cross Marsett Bridge, heading back in the direction of Semerwater, and continue along the narrow country lane for a short distance. This was a quiet road when we visited on a weekend in September, but there were a handful of vehicles (mainly farming), so keep your eyes peeled.

8. After just over a mile, you will see a footpath sign to your right. Take this footpath, which heads down and across the field heading back towards Semerwater. It reaches Semer Water bridge, at which point turn right, and head back to the car park where you started.

Last walked September 2022.