Medium:

8 Mile Route

Exit campus at public footpath heading through Delapre Park to Brackmills.

At Ransome Road, left and then right to follow the gravel path, through the golf club and car park, and through the subway under the A45.

Uphill past bike park, take left fork and head up path to Back Lane in Hardingstone.

Left along Back Lane and right at the green (not dropping down Vomit Hill).  Turn left into Heritage Farm Close, pass to the right of the barn and left into the Pocket Park.

Take an immediate hard right to follow the trod through the trees. Keep following this as it winds to the rear of the houses until it eventually goes down a few steps and then turn right through kissing gate onto Landimore Road.

Cross the road head right up the hill (sorry not sorry) to the roundabout.

** 5 and 8 mile split point **

Turn left at the roundabout to run along Newport Pagnell Road, crossing to run on the other side when the pavement ends, and the turning for Poppyfield Road running on the road for 200 metres before turning right into the field.

Climb the stile on your left and head diagonally across the field (you will see a faint trod in the grass).  Climb the next stile and continue in a diagonal direction across the next field to the white building.

Turn slight right before the area made of haybales, run along the track for 200 metres before turning right just after the power lines.

Continue through a few fields roughly following the power lines until the cross a small footbridge, where you head straight on toward the houses to reach Wooldale Road.

Cross the road, turn left and as you pass the roundabout, take the path to the right into Wootton Pocket Park.

At the first junction, take the left path.  Cross Curtlee Hill (a road).  Take the right path at the next junction and the immediate left at the dog poo bin to reach the road next to the Commonwealth War Graves.

Head toward the church, turning right at the roundabout in front of it to run along the High Street.

After 250 metres turn right up the signed footpath next to the cream garden wall and continue straight along this path until you meet the Newport Pagnell Road again.  Cross the road, turn right and take the first left into Gardeners View.

** 5 and 8 mile routes meet here **

At the t-junction in the cul-de-sac, turn left and then right onto the footpath between the houses.

Follow this path, crossing Martins Lane and passing the Hardingstone Recreational Ground until you reach the High Street.

Turn left and after 200 metres, turn right along the footpath before the thatched cottages to cross the middle of the meadow and reach the bridge crossing the A45.

Within Delapre Woods, follow the path directly ahead dropping down toward the golf course (alas the Fairytale Arch), and the follow the path nearest the golf course, sticking with it as it winds toward London Road.

Follow the trail footpaths alongside London Road, and then turn right along the driveway to Delapre Abbey.  Pass to the left of the abbey and after 150 metres, take the slight right footpath until you reach the end of Ransome Road and the entrance to the University.

Follow the path back into the University, turning left at Park Avenue.