Alnwick's Hulne Park

1 From Bailiffgate walk towards Alnwick Castle. Turn left down The Peth, and go over the Lion Bridge, with its stiff-tailed Percy lion, the family's crest.Begin to ascend the hill, and at a sign 'Abbeylands', turn left. Go through two kissing gates, then on a track between houses, which winds to a road.

2 Turn left down the road. To the right, beside the river, is the 15th-century gatehouse of Alnwick Abbey, the only remnant of a Premonstratensian monastery founded in 1147. Go over the bridge, then through a gate on the right, signed 'Ratten Row'. Follow the lane to another gate then up the field and out on to a lane. Turn right through the archway into Hulne Park, which was landscaped in the 18th century by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown.

3 Follow the drive ahead, crossing a bridge and following the Farm Drive. Pass the Park Farm entrance (to which you will return) and, ¼ mile (400m) beyond, turn left opposite a small hut up a blue-waymarked track. Follow the track uphill, going straight on where the path divides. Brizlee Tower is on your right near the top of the hill. The 78ft (23.7m) tall tower is carefully placed to take in views to the Cheviot Hills and towards the coast. It was designed by Robert Adam for the 1st Duke.

4 Return the same way - there are views towards Alnwick Castle - and turn right by the hut, back to the Park Farm entrance. Turn left towards the farm, then after 50yds (46m) turn left on to the green-waymarked trail into the woods. The track goes through trees to a gate, then though grassland to another gate and an iron bridge, constructed by Cookson of Newcastle in 1812. After the bridge turn right, towards Hulne Priory, then turn off the track uphill to its entrance.

5 After visiting the priory, turn right out of its entrance. The track bends to a gate in a wall. Turn right at the next green waymark, and then right again, going downhill to meet a crossing track. Turn left and follow the track beside the river. Go through an orange-waymarked gate, cross a bridge with a gate at the end, and go ahead, still following the orange waymarks.

6 Turn left over the next bridge, again with a gate, and pass a stone inscribed 'Alnwick Abbey Drive'. At the next orange waymark, turn right through a gate and over a waymarked footbridge, known as the Duchess's Bridge. When you reach a T-junction of paths, turn left along a wider track. Follow it through woodland to an open triangular area. Go straight ahead, and over a stone bridge, then bear left, uphill. Turn left at the top and follow the metalled road straight ahead, through the arch and past the church back into Bailiffgate.