Remembering Rob Shillito.
This walk has been placed with permission of Forestry England.
Please take care if any forestry operations are in progress, Avoid blocking any access points when parking.
You will walk past fields of sheep - please keep your dogs on a lead!
A lovely village at the foot of Sutton Bank, Kilburn is famous as the home of woodcarver Robert Thompson, the ‘Mouse Man of Kilburn.’ Robert Thompson (1876 - 1955) was one of the most famous woodworkers in the 17th Century. He set up a furniture business here and ‘signed’ almost every piece with a carving of a mouse. Of Mice and Men is also a world-famous book by John Steinbeck.
Kilburn is also famous for the chalk figure of a white horse carved into the hillside above the village. This was the work of a local schoolmaster and his pupils, is over 300 ft long and can be seen for miles. It can be accurately dated to the mid 19th Century.
The walk has 21 caches and will take approx 2 hours.