YORKSHIRE AND NORTH EAST
NORTHUMBERLAND
Hadrians Wall Trail
(PT 45) 10km; Grade 3
Organised by
Lincolnshire Vikings Walking Club
The Hadrian's Wall walk starts at Housesteads Fort (Road map directions
available with route description). There is an Information Centre
and Museum as this is one of the most complete forts remaining today.
The bus service is seasonal.
NORTH YORKSHIRE
York Tourist Walk (PT 34) 10km Grade 1Organised by British Walking Federaton
A city walk around and through the ancient city of York visiting most of the city walls, York Minster, the Shambles, the Jorvik Centre, St Marys Abbey ruins and gardens and both the rivers on which York stands.
Bolton Priory &
Strid (PT 132) 11km Grade
2
Organised by British Walking Federation
This walk takes you upstream to
pass 'The Strid' where the River Wharf forces its way through a gap only
a few feet wide. It then continues to reach Barden Bridge.
You will
return to the start and then walk downstream to the ruins of Bolton
Priory, a centre of Christian worship for over 800 years.
Settle
Railway Walk (PT 199)
14km Grade 3
Organised by Amesbury Walkers
A linear walk on a
section of the Ribble Way, from the ancient market town of Settle to the
finish a Horton in Ribblesdale. Return on the famous Settle to Carlisle
Railway line
York City and River Trail
(PT 215) 10km Grade 1+
Organised by
British Walking Federaton
This walk complements the York Tourist walk. Beside
visiting some parts of the city, it goes out to Walmage
Stray and then heads for the Millennium Bridge across
the River Ouse before returning to the city.
Along the Cliff Tops
(PT 217) 10km Grade 2+
Organised by
British Walking Federaton
One of the highlights of the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Heritage
coast is Robin Hood's Bay. An attractive old fishing village on the
north side of the wide sweeping bay. The bay is well known for fossils
and sea birds.
Banks of the River Ouse in Selby
(PT 248) 11km Grade 1
Organised by
The Irregulars
The walk is mainly flat along the riverbank. It is worthwhile
to add time to visit Selby and its magnificent abbey founded in 1069. There is
a good pub at the start and finish, who welcomes walkers.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Chairman’s Jubilee Walk
(PT 01) 10km Grade 1+
Organised
by the British Walking Federation
This walk takes you across fields to Wombwell Park (a memorial
park in memory of local men who died in the Battle of the Somme).
It goes through urban areas, passing Wombwell Town Hall where the
Queen stopped on her Coronation tour. Then it passes through
Wombwell town centre following the route, lined by school children
in 1954, which the Queen took on her way to Barnsley. You
return through woodland to the start.
Organised by White Cross Walkers
A pleasant walk through the villages of Wentworth and Elsecar and the fields between. The walk visits several places connected with the industrial heritage of the area including the ‘Elsecar Heritage Centre’.
Wentworth Follies & Woodhouse Trail
(PT 157) 10km
Grade 2
Organised by White Cross Walkers
A walk around the old Wentworth estate passing or giving views of most of the follies connected with the
estate and finishing through the Deer Park and
past the Woodhouse itself.
**TRAIL SUSPENDED - WENTWORTH CASTLE
PARKLAND CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC **
Stainbro' &
Wentworth Castle Heritage Trail (PT 222) 10km
Grade 2
Organised by White Cross Walkers
This trail links some of the Follies & Monuments in the only Grade 1
listed Parkland in Yorkshire. It gives views of Wentworth Castle House, and
passes a fortified Tudor Manor House, which was held for the King in the
English Civil War.
WEST YORKSHIRE
Compo's Crawl
(PT 93) 10km Grade 2+
Organised by White Cross Walkers
The walk starts and finishes in Holmfirth, (famous for
"Last Of The Summer Wine" TV series) and after passing Compo’s
house, climbs to higher ground, skirting the moors before following the river back to
town.
Victorian Legacies (PT 212) 18Km Grade: 2+
Organised by
The Irregulars
An urban walk from Saltaire, West Yorkshire,
visiting parks, mills and cemeteries from the Victorian era in the area
of Saltaire, Shipley and Bradford
Temple Newsam House and Gardens
(PT 216) 10km Grade 2
Organised by
Lincolnshire Vikings Walking Club
A walk around the
grounds of Temple Newsam House (East of Leeds) taking in
several views of the house without being too strenuous.
Azaleas
at Temple Newsam
