[1] From the car park follow the Peddars Way north past the Dogotel, over the A 148 to the row of cottages opposite. These flint cottages have light blue doors indicating that they are part of the Sandringham Estate. The eastern boundary of the Royal Estate runs along the left of Peddars Way for the next two miles separating it from the Houghton Estate on the right. Keep on the Peddars Way for two miles until it reaches the Anmer road. To the right at this point there are a number of Tumuli or ancient burial mounds. Turn right along the road for 300 yards and then turn left into the woods along a clearly waymarked footpath. Follow the path through the woods until it enters a broad open area at a gate. Turn left along the edge of the woods to meet a broad track. Pass through a second gate following the track through the woods as far as the open area of the Vista.
[2] Do not pass through the gate onto the Vista but turn right along the edge of the forest. Immediately before the path reaches the road turn right through the woods to rejoin the gravel track. Turn left to leave the track by the White Gatehouse and turn right along the tarmac road. In 1/2 mile follow the road round to the left. Shortly the woods give way to open parkland on the left. Here it is possible to see the famous herd of white deer grazing, together with some of the wide variety of endangered farm animal species being protected by the Estate.
[3] At the formal entrance to the Hall, with its ornate white wrought iron gates, turn right into New Houghton Village. The group of white houses either side of the road was built by Robert Walpole to replace a medieval village that was demolished during the layout of the park. Follow the road, with its beautiful avenue of mature Lime trees, as far as the A148. At the main road turn back sharp right onto a minor road for 125 yards. At the corner of the field on the left go over a stile into a field and cross it heading for a similar stile in the opposite hedge. Cross the second stile and go over the A148 to a third stile. Cross this field heading for a gate in the hedge opposite. Turn right along the lane for a few yards and almost immediately turn left along a footpath. At the road turn right towards Harpley Village. On the right is the Church of St Lawrence. In the Churchyard there is a most unusual tombstone, in the shape of an anvil, erected as a memorial to a gentleman and a craftsman”. Inside the South Porch is a carved door in the perpendicular style regarded by many as the finest in the county and one of the best in the whole country.
[4] Continue along the road past the Church to the Village Sign. Turn left along the road. On the left is the Rose and Crown Inn a popular stopping place for those in need of refreshment. A short distance past the Inn turn right into Brickyard Lane and follow this, as it narrows into a footpath, for about 1/2 mile. At the junction with a wider farm road keep left and follow this track as far as some overhead electricity wires. Turn left to follow the line of the wires downhill as far as the tarmac road. Cross the road and take the path straight ahead and follow this path as far as the farm buildings. Turn right to rejoin the Peddars Way and follow it back for 1/2 mile to the car park.