For those visitors who wish to combine their tour & tasting with an easy, circular and beautiful walk starting at Blackmoorfoot Reservoir, please click through the slides below for the route! Total time: 2 1/2 hours
Park on Reservoir Side Road – This quiet road forms the eastern boundary of the reservoir and is already used for parking by walkers often with dogs enjoying the amenity of the reservoir and its surroundings.
To access the vineyard, walkers head north on Reservoir Side Road or go through the wall and take the more scenic path at the side of reservoir.
Then passing Reservoir house and Crosland Houses lead onto the bridleway that meanders down the hill.
The bridleway is a treasure trove for foragers, giving wild raspberries, bilberries and blackberries over summer and autumn.
Toward the end of the bridleway the vineyard becomes visible on the right with sweeping views across Helme Village towards West Nab and Deer Hill.
Where the bridleway meets Harrison lane turn right onto the public footpath which bisects the vineyard.
You can gain access to reception via a gate on the left.
Our walkers can enjoy the next hour and a half with a tour and tasting in our brand new tasting room!
After the tour and tasting walkers re-join the public footpath where they entered the vineyard, turn left and proceed downhill into Helme Village.
At the end of the lane at the T junction turn right...
...and find the bus shelter. Pick up the public footpath on the right side of the bus shelter a few yards further on the right.
Head up through the field into Orange Wood.
At the top turn right onto the main road and after a few yards access the public footpath that runs along the catchment feeding water from Deer Hill Reservoir to Blackmoorfoot Reservoir.
Where the catchment flows into the reservoir turn right...
...and head across the reservoir bank. At the end turn left onto Reservoir Side Road and re-join your vehicle.