Park in the large public car park at the top of the drive (preferably towards the far end).
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Go through gate at the far end of the main car park, and turn immediately right down the slope following the play trail.
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Keep following the trail downhill to the bottom fence. Here it swings left and you keep roughly parallel to the fence.
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This area is being opened up as a Play Trail and a number of small scale structures have been installed.
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Follow this path until it comes to a gate. Turn right here.
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Ignore the board-walk on your right, and keep following the edge of the marshy ground until you come to the pond.
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It is worth stopping for a while here to enjoy the views over the pond.
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Then re-join the broad path that has come direct from Upton House.
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Turn right along the path and, after about 200m, turn left along the well made cycleway/footpath signposted to Symes Road.
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A bit further on, the cycleway path turns right under the railway line. Keep straight ahead here, through the iron gate and back into Upton Country Park.
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Soon you will be on a wide board walk with fine views over Holes Bay which you follow until the path enters the grounds of Upton House.
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Turn left for the quickest way back to the car park (marked in green). Keep straight on (along the red route) if you want to see the house.
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On the red route, follow the shoreline around until you come to the large ornamental pond, where you turn left and then head gently uphill round the left-hand side of the house to the car park.
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On the green route, keep bearing left, past the gazebo, keeping the walled garden to your right.
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Go through the gap between the greenhouses and the peacock aviaries, and the car park is straight ahead.
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