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The Masons – John Clare Memorial loop from Barnack

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The Masons – John Clare Memorial loop from Barnack

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The Masons – John Clare Memorial loop from Barnack

03:38

14.1km

70m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 10, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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438 m

The Masons

Highlight • Pub

Open for food and drink seven days a week, The Millstone even has a cut through to the Hills & Holes National Nature Reserve so it's perfect for a drink or something to eat after a hike around the local area.

Tip by

2.17 km

The Synhams

Forest

4.75 km

Torpel Castle Ringwork

Highlight • Castle

5.81 km

John Clare Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

A few highlights in Helpston village. Phone box library, buttercross (folk would lay wares for sale on the steps), and the birthplace of and memorial to John Clare, Poet (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864). (Wikipedia) The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and sorrows at its disruption.[1] His poetry underwent major re-evaluation in the late 20th century: he is now often seen as a major 19th-century poet.[2] His biographer Jonathan Bate called Clare "the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. No one has ever written more powerfully of nature, of a rural childhood, and of the alienated and unstable self."

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5.99 km

John Clare Cottage

Highlight • Cafe

9.05 km

The Jubilee

Forest

10.9 km

St Andrew's Church, Ufford

Highlight • Religious Site

11.2 km

Ufford Church

Highlight • Other

11.7 km

Blackberry Bushes

Highlight • Natural

Loads of blackberry bushes

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14.0 km

Hills and Holes National Nature Reserve

Highlight • Trail

You may be forgiven for thinking you are in the set of Teletubbies, but this is in fact a National Nature Reserve. Hills & Holes was created through quarrying the limestone use to build Peterborough Cathedral. There are lots of trails to explore around the hills and holes, a really intriguing place.

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14.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.02 km

4.71 km

394 m

Surfaces

6.33 km

4.37 km

1.97 km

855 m

588 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 15 June

24°C

11°C

15 %

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The Masons – John Clare Memorial loop from Barnack

The Masons

Torpel Castle Ringwork

John Clare Memorial

John Clare Cottage

St Andrew's Church, Ufford

Ufford Church

Blackberry Bushes

Hills and Holes National Nature Reserve

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