The path is fairly well trodden but can get wet and muddy, At Stanton Lane we go right then take the path that leads through an alley onto a golf course, where there are just enough fingerposts to make the way fairly clearly. Go right a short distance then cross with care onto the farm road opposite....

Hugh Hudson

The first task is to reach the edge of Keyworth - this is a simple pavement walk to Crossdale Drive, where our path goes through an alley around the left hand side of the primary school. Beyond the bridge under the railway we cross a sheep pasture (there are stiles) then follow Station Road (which has a pavement) into Plumtree, then straight on past the Griffin pub. I chose to use Manor Road to take us off the main roads for a bit, we then follow the Clifton Road, turning left into Old Station Drive to cross the line of the old Great Central Railway, rejoining Clifton Road at a roundabout....

Hugh Hudson

Bus to bail out on main road at Rempstone is the best bet. The exit road has buildings of interest then it's a well used track.  Care is needed to leave along the footpath which is obvious on the ground but not so on the plotting. The plotting follows the road but a better route is through the churchyard where seats or a stone pew in the porch would offer a break or shelter. Again an inn is just off route, in sight this time and the main road offers frequent buses. There was no sign of the cross field path being used or marked out and old maps show the direct track as bridle road....

Ken

A good few stiles, paths across cropped fields but also nice pasture, some holding horses. A well stocked farm shop at Clipston and good views. Clipstone has a well stocked farm shop open Tuesday to Friday and Saturday morning....

Ken

It starts well in WB via the shops, it could also include the good parade of shops on Melton Road then use the pelican (which might be a puffin or toucan!) crossing and approach the Green Line via Devonshire Road. From here the path passes unmarked through a car park and continues along a recorded footpath on the infilled cutting before meeting what must have been the access road to Edwalton station. It's then a crossing of the Melton Road and along the village street to the parish church. At the road I turned towards Gamston which was demoralising before joining another dog walking path that fails to follow the definitive line so it felt like a tour around field edges. Crossing the Melton Road was not too bad because lights in either direction create blocks in the traffic....

Ken

From the Keyworth meeting point we head west up Church Drive, take the path left beyond the school field that leads to the park and Elm Avenue, then follow Selby Lane and Main Street, going straight on down Lings Lane where the road turns right and becomes Wysall Lane. We turn right onto Widmerpool Road, and take the footpath lwft past a building site (note that this path is now further west than the right of way line on the OS map). Beyond the churchyard we follow Church Lane right then left to pick up a surfaced path that leads to another Church Lane. We turn right at Widmerpool Lane and left along Main Street, which we follow around a long right turn to find the signposted bridlepath along Bryans Lane. The path crosses fields on a fairly well marked line, but the final field before Nottingham Lane has a couple of challenges - the right of way line crosses a drainage ditch on a small plank bridge but the exit from the field is slightly further south/uphill than the OS map would suggest, and involves a slightly awkward overgrown stile. We turn left and follow the lane to the junction with Main Road (noting the bench and village sign. We go left and find the field path right and crosses fields to join a track that leads up the hill. We follow the lane right to the T junction in Saxelbye, where we turn left and follow the road out of the village to another T junction where we go left again onto Saxelby Road. We follow Welby Lane right and then left, noting the private path reserved for MoD personnel that runs parallel to the road....

Hugh Hudson

Note that this review is based on a preliminary desk check rather than a walk, but I have been considering walking this route but have severe reservations about crossing the busy A46 without using a bridge, and the GPX plotting is also rather too approximate to follow with confidence. The alternative KEYMEL 2 is better but is probably too indirect, so I am considering test walking a third version that is as direct as possible but has a safer A46 crossing at Broughton Lodge....

Hugh Hudson

Most locals go straight up the field edge below Moat Hill Spinney, though the right of way goes across the field (I did the walk in December so I don't know how well cut this line is in summer. Eventually the bridleway goes sharp right, and our path goes left between high fences, then right along King's Brook just beyond the farm track.The A60 has a pavement on the left (west side) which we use to cross the brook, then find the signed footpath right that leads into a large open field. We go right on Widmerpool Road, then left through Tuckwood Court where a signposted path leads between fences to an open field, where the trodden path line goes right around the edge of the field then left along the right hand edge. We cross the lane and beyond the path goes immediately right along the field edge then left along the edge of the next field....

Hugh Hudson

We turn right onto Selby Lane and cross the square under the church and take the road to the left of the Co-Op which leads to a surfaced path. We turn left off this onto Wright's Orchard then right onto another surfaced path that leads us to the edge of the village. The path continues along another field edge to Wysall Road, where we turn left, following a few twists and turns then turning right into the narrow but quiet Fairham Brook Lane, which leads us into Bunny. At Scotland Farm we go right to join the farm road down to Kingston Brook, where we follow the right hand bank over a couple of stiles and then cross a footbridge to the left bank, which we follow into Kingston (the path skirts the edge of the final field rather than using the shortcut shown by the right of way on the map)....

Hugh Hudson

The path from Normanton to Clipston is also clear and easy to follow but it is narrow and a little overgrown in places, and has stiles. This path leads to the road into Clipston, which you follow round until you reach a wooded area....

Hugh Hudson

I have now walked all of this route apart from the short section between Melton Road and Rectory Road, which as Lynn rightly says is impossible - the GreenLine track does not go any further north than just before Melton Road, and it goes east at this end to join Melton Road opposite Glebe Road. Since she has now provided a better alternative (Weskey 2) that uses all of the best parts of this one, and this sloppy plotting is very misleading, I can't see any reason to prefer this version of it. The choice of paths through Plumtree is more of a matter of personal choice - I am happy with that part either way (I would prefer to use the footpath from Station Road south of Plumtree to Crossdale Drive in Keyworth, but I don't think that is a good enough reason to create a Weskey 3)....

Hugh Hudson

The first potential issue is the crossing point on Melton Road - this is normally fine, but when very busy it may be worth detouring either south to the traffic lights or north to a zebra crossing. Beyond Plumtree church, on the path that cuts back to the Keyworth road the most trodden line does not follow the right of way, and one of the stiles on the right of way is currently broken (there is an open gate less than 50 yards south of it). Given that the route already involves field paths and stiles, I would prefer to use the footpath that leaves the road opposite Chestnut Farm and emerges by the primary school - this is a little steep in places but has fine views, and is popular enough to be easy to follow....

Hugh Hudson

The start is on quiet residential roads and then the pavement alongside the busier Plumtree road. The stile into the fields alongside 'The Poplars' is hidden in the hedge, but a well walked path crosses the fields to Melton Road, by the church....

StephenWalker

This was the second of three Slow Ways routes I walked yesterday, and I walked it from Clifton to Keyworth....

Hugh Hudson

This was the best of the three - a pleasant walk on fairly good tracks with no major accessibility issues. One slight concern is the crossing of the A606, which might be difficult at busy times, but I don't believe any better crossing points are available, having tried most of them in the last couple of years. There are a couple of small hills to cross, but these offer pretty good views by Nottinghamshire standards....

Hugh Hudson

The bridleway out of Keyworth had a lot of dog poo on it and there was a fairly tricky road crossing about a third of the way through the route but apart from that it was a very pleasant, pretty easy walk through the countryside. A nice mix of open fields, gentle hills and woodlands...

MagneticSpy

After crossing the Bunny-Keyworth road the route follows the Wysall Lane before turning onto the right of way leading to Keyworth....

StephenWalker

The route starts on quiet residential roads before heading off across the fields, across the Network Rail test track to reach the busy A606....

StephenWalker

The road took us into Plumtree and onto our first footpath (photo 2) – with a gate that had a large sign saying ‘WARNING – FREE ROAMING DOG’ (I didn’t think it wise to take a photo at this point). We came out of Edwalton and crossed the A606 again to get onto the footpath leading to the West Bridgford Green Line – this was an unexpected treat as it took us almost to the centre of West Bridgford (photo 12). So instead we walked to the corner of Melton and Musters Road (photo 15) to get to the West Bridgford meeting point, not quite the ending we expected, but you can continue onto Glebe Road where we crossed, and get to the meeting point via quieter streets – it’s only ½ Km to the end....

Lynn Jackson