New Years Eve walk: Monday 31st Dec - Castle Howard

Start: 10am prompt - main car park Castle Howard

Leader: Keith

Distance: 8 miles

Level of difficulty: Easy

Time: ~4 hours

Toilets/refreshments: Castle Howard cafe

A gentle walk around Castle Howard taking in the views of the various monuments and the house itself.

Tuesday walk: Millington Wood - 18th December 2018

Start: 10am prompt. Millington Wood is approx. 1 mile North East of the village of Millington (Nr Pocklington). Map Ref: SE 838 530

Leader: Keith

Distance: 8 miles

Level of difficulty: Easy

Time: ~4 hours

Refreshments and toilets: No toilets on the walk - but there are plenty of trees in Millington Wood!

Typical woods ups and downs.

Xmas walk and dinner: Ampleforth - Sunday 9 December

The day will be made up of two parts:

Walk: start 10am prompt

Dinner: start 2.30pm - attached is the menu - can you please let me know if you are attending and what your meal choices will be - I need these so that the tearoom can serve us nice hot meals altogether.

Details as follows:

Walk start: Ampleforth Abbey - lower car park

Leader: Steve/Keith

Distance: ~7 miles

Time: ~3.5 hours

Level of difficulty: Easy/moderate

Refreshments/toilets: Ampleforth Abbey tearoom

A gentle walk in the hills around Ampleforth Abbey followed by our annual Xmas dinner at the Ampleforth Abbey tearooms. As those who have been before will testify, the tearooms provide a wonderful dinner with all the trimmings,so no need to bring a packed lunch!

As the tearoom opens for Xmas dinner especially for our walking group, and the meal needs to be confirmed in advance, I do need to ask for your menu choices - see attached - this will allow me to book numbers and menu choices ahead of our arrival.

Tuesday walk: Beadlam & Nawton: Tuesday 27 November

Start: 10am prompt

Parking: On left hand side of the road as you leave the village of Beadlam & Nawton

Leader: Keith

Distance: 8.5 miles

Level of difficulty: Easy to moderate

Refreshments/toilets: Helmsley

2 miles east of Helmsley is the village of Beadlam & Nawton. Drive through the village and just as you are leaving the village you will see parking on the LHS.  I don't think there are any toilets in the village but hedges and bushes aplenty en-route. Cafes in Helmsley at the end.

The walk is 8.7 miles up to the edge of the North York Moors and following part of the Tabular Hills Walk. Undulating but not too much climbing. (approx. 250 metres)

Not a bad dog walk, though there were quite a few pheasants in the woods.

Sunday walk: Sunday 18 November - Sleights and the salmon run

Date: 18 November 2018

Start: 10am prompt

Meeting point: Sleights rail station. Parking available at station car park or nearby streets.

Leader: Clive

Distance: 7.5 miles

Level of difficulty: Moderate

Time: 4 hours

The walk starts with a 200m climb out of Sleights towards Falling Foss. The walk continues towards Little Beck and then Burndale before finally following the stream back to Sleights.

Now Clive reliably informs me via his many seasoned contacts that we may see salmon leaping upstream to their spawning grounds. This about the right date for the spectacle, so with a bit of good luck we will be in for a treat....and a salmon supper.

Mid-week walk, Tuesday, 30th. October. Hunmanby, Muston and Stocking Dale

Car parking: Road side in Hunmanby near the church on the main street.

Time: 10am prompt

Leader: Keith

Distance: 7 1/2 miles

Time: 3 1/2 hours

Refreshments: Pub and cafes in Humnanby or the Ward residence!

This is an attractive and satisfying walk on the Centenary and Wolds Ways.

Much of it is below the gentle slopes of the wolds. 

Superb views of Flamborough Head.

Sunday walk: Welton Dale - Sunday 14 October

Start: 10am prompt

Meeting point: In front of Green Dragon pub in Welton

Parking: In the village of Welton and around Green

Leader: Steve

Distance: 8.5 miles

Time: 4 hours

Level of difficulty: Moderate

Refreshments/toilets: Green Dragon pub

This walk starts in the traditional Wolds village of Welton, and heads towards Brantingham Wold, giving views to the Vale of York, the River Humber and Hull.

Tuesday walk: Howden - Tuesday 25 September

Date: Tuesday 25 September

Start 10 am prompt in front of Minster main entrance

Leader: Keith

Distance: 8.5 miles

Difficulty: Easy

Time: 4-5 hours with lunch break

Refreshements/toilets: Howden village

A walk along the Ouse river, starting in front of the main entrance of the Minster.

The added bonus of the walk is a cafe in Howden highly recommended by Martin!

Parking options: free parking on the Ashes playing field with entrance on Treeton Road. Otherwise, parking on the street.

Sunday walk: 9 September - Hutton-le-Hole and Ryedale villages

Start: 10am prompt

Leaders: Martin/Jenny

Meet at North York Moors National Park Authority's car park in 
Hutton-le-Hole (There is a fee for parking). From York, enter the village, drive to the end and take right hand turn out of village, car park on your right.

Distance: 7 miles

Time: 4 hours

Difficulty: Easy/moderate

Toilets: Hutton-le-Hole car park

Refreshments: Tea rooms in Hutton-le-Hole, pubs in Hutton-le-Hole, 
Appleton-le-Moors and Lastingham

The walk covers three Ryedale villages (Hutton-le-Hole, 
Appleton-le-Moors and Lastingham) across the foothills of the North York 
Moors. The route goes along centuries-old tracks, linked by quiet field 
paths. The churches at Lastingham and Appleton-le-Moors are well worth a 
visit.

Tuesday walk: Tuesday 28th August - Leavening, Burythorpe and Birdsall

Start: 10am prompt

Parking: Roadside in Leavening.

Leader: Ali

Distance: 8 miles

Time: approx. 3.5 hours

Toilets and refreshments: Pubs in Leavening and Acklam, if they are open . I'll be checking that this weekend.

This easy walk is on typical Wolds farmland on the border of the Howardian hills, open countryside, a mixture of arable and pasture and visiting 3 attractive villages. Mostly on good paths and tracks with a little road walking.

Sunday walk: 12th August - Rievaulx Abbey from Old Byland

Start: 10am prompt. Old Byland village. Park considerately in the village.

Leader: Joe

Distance: 6 miles (a shorter one given the heat potential!)

Time: 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 hours

Level of difficulty: Easy

Refreshments and toilets: public toilets at Rievaulx Abbey and then at the Sutton Bank Visitor Centre.

Appreciate the idyllic environment where Rievaulx Abbey flourished and where Byland Abbey was also originally established. This walk is mostly woodland and field paths with two easy gradients.

Tuesday walk: Tuesday 31st. July - Settrington-North Grimston circular walk

Start: 10am prompt

Parking: Off road at Settringham Beacon. From Malton ,take the road to North Grimston, but before reaching the village turn left onto Grimston  Lane which then leads onto Back Lane. At T junction turn right. Do not go into Settringham village. Go up the hill and take the 1st turning on the right and go about a mile and parking is on the left where the Centenary way crosses the road.

Leader: Ali

Distance: 8 1/ 2 miles, but can be shortened to about 7miles if required

Level of difficulty: Moderate

Refreshments:  Middleton Arms pub at North Grimston

A Wolds walk on good paths and tracks with a bit of road walking. There are 3steepish ascents, but only 2 if the walk is shortened!

Sunday walk: Sitting Man on Castleton Rigg - Sunday 8 July

Start: 10am prompt - parking area just to the west of Castleton. Immediately after the cattle grid, turn left just as the road bears right and drops into Castleton.  Parking is 200m on the right hand side. 

Leader: Keith

Distance: 8.5 miles

Time: 4-5 hours

Level of difficulty: Fairly strenuous (150 fitbit stairs). Walking is on roads,  paths & fields. 

Facilities: No toilets, but there are some big gorse bushes to hide behind at the start! There are cafes and pubs in Castleton.

The Sitting Man is a 10ft sculpture by Sean Henry on Castleton Rigg overlooking Westerdale. The walk will take us to Westerdale to view the statue from a distance before climbing up to the sculpture for lunch. We will return to Castleton along Danby Dale.

There is a long climb from Westerdale up to the sculpture which is steepish in places. The rest of the walk is typically North York Moors.

Look forward to seeing you there - bring lots of water to keep hydrated!

Tuesday walk: 26 June - Pocklington canal

Start: 10am prompt from Market Place, Pocklington (opposite Natwest Bank)

Leader: Steve

Distance: 9 miles

Time: 4.5 hours

Level of difficulty: Easy

Refreshments and toilets: Pockington towwn centre and Meditation centre. 

This is an easy route in the vale of York below the western slopes of the Wolds. The route follows the scenic Pocklington canal, quiet country lanes and woodlands.

Sunday walk: 10 June - Tadcaster and Healaugh

Start: 10am prompt. Meet outside the Britannia Inn next to the bridge over the Wharfe.

Leader: Steve

Distance: 8 miles

Time: 4 hours

Level of difficulty: Easy

Refreshments and toilets: Tadcaster town centre at end of walk

The walk leaves Tadcaster via the impressive viaduct across the river, before heading across fields past the site of a medieval monastery towards the village of Healaugh, distinguished by its fine Norman church, before returning to Tadcaster for refreshment.

Tuesday walk: 29th May - Kirkham Priory, Crambe and Barton-le-Willows

Start: Car Park at Kirkham Priory at 10am

Leader: Ali

Distance: Approximately 8 miles.

Time: Approximately 4 hours

Refreshments: Pub in Kirkham

This is a fairly easy walk. There is a short sharp ascent at the beginning of the walk through woods and then downhill to Crambe. Then after skirting past Barton-le-Willows we walk across fields to the river where the path takes us back to Kirkham. There is a little road walking but on minor roads.

Sunday walk: Collingham - Sunday 13 May

Date: Sunday 13 May

Start: 10am prompt

Meet at Linton Bridge by the Wharfe. This is in Collingham. (Follow the A58 through Collingham – take the right fork (A659) as if going to Harewood House – then turn right after approx. 150m (just before the school). Follow the road for approx. ¼ mile & the parking is on the RHS)

Leader: Sally

Distance: 8.5 miles

Level of difficulty: Easy to moderate

Time: 4.5 hours

Toilets and refreshments: tbc

It is fairly flat and mainly on footpaths and farm tracks.

Tuesday walk: Wetwang and the Wolds - Tuesday 24 April

Start: 10am prompt

Parking: In Wetwang on the A166 take a right turn immediately after the church. Follow the road round to the left and then take the first turning on the right. Parking roadside after passing the school on your right and council offices on your left.

Leader: Ali

Distance: 7.5 miles

Level of difficulty: Moderate

Time: 3.5 - 4 hours

Refreshments and toilets: None in Wetwang, but café at Sledmere House about 3 miles away is a suggestion for tea(and cake!) afterwards.

The walk starts with a gradual climb onto the Wolds, then after about 3 miles we descend into the Dales(Shortland Dale, Oxland Dale, Rabbit Dale and finally Cow Dale). A short steep climb and a short walk along the A166( there is a wide grass verge and then a path) to take us back into Wetwang. 

Sunday walk: Snainton - Sunday 8 April

Start: 10am

Parking: car park - turn off A170 at Peacock pub, onto Nettledale Road for approx 2 miles past Cockmoor Hall Farm, car park on the right

Leader: Janette

Distance: 7.5 miles

Time: 4.5 hours

Level: Moderate

Refreshments: Cafe at Snainton Golf Club - Bay 19

This is a delightful walk across the North York Moors, with a little road walking on a single track road.

Tuesday walk: 27th March - Wetwang and the Wolds

Start: 10am

Parking:In Wetwang on the A 166, take a right turn immediately after the church. Follow the road round to the left and then take the first turning on the right. Parking roadside after passing a school on the right and council offices on the left.

Leader: Ali

Distance: 7 1/2 miles 

Time: 31/2 - 4 hours

Refreshements and toilets: None in Wetwang, but café at Sledmere House about 3 miles away or Bikers café in Fridaythorpe for tea(and cake!) afterwards.

The walk starts with a gradual climb onto the Wolds, then after about 3 miles we descend into the Dales(Shortland, Oxland, Rabbit, and finally Cow Dale). A short steep climb and a short walk along the A166(there is a wide grass verge and a path) to take us back to Wetwang.

Sunday walk: Hawnby, North York Moors - Sunday 11th March

Start: 10am prompt

Start point: Hawnby chuch (just west of the village, follow lower road through village)

Leader: Keith

Distance: 8.8 mils

Level of difficulty: moderate to strenuous

Time: 4.5 hours

Refreshments: Cafe in Hawnby

It is a fairly strenuous walk with 1,600 ft of climbing but there are some lovely views over the area. (Weather permitting!) I am hoping that spring will be starting to show through to enhance those views.

Parking is by the church just to the west of the village. (Follow the lower road through the village)

Mid week walk: Wetwang and the Wolds - Tuesday 27th February

CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW

Start: 10am prompt

Parking: In Wetwang on the A166 take a right turn immediately after the church. Follow the road round to the left and then take the first turning on the right. Parking roadside after passing the school on your right and council offices on your left.

Leader: Ali

Distance: 7.5 miles

Level of difficulty: Moderate

Time: 3.5 - 4 hours

Refreshments and toilets: None in Wetwang, but café at Sledmere House about 3 miles away is a suggestion for tea(and cake!) afterwards.

The walk starts with a gradual climb onto the Wolds, then after about 3 miles we descend into the Dales(Shortland Dale, Oxland Dale, Rabbit Dale and finally Cow Dale). A short steep climb and a short walk along the A166( there is a wide grass verge and then a path) to take us back into Wetwang. 

Sunday walk: Welburn - Sunday 11 February

Time: 10am prompt

Date: Sunday 11 February

Start: Welburn village centre at Crown and Cushion pub

Distance: 7.5 miles

Time: 3-4 hours

Level of difficulty: Moderate

Refreshments and toilets: Pub in Welburn at the end of the walk.

We will walk out from Welbrun village across fields towards Castle Howard, providing probably the best view of the stately home from outside the grounds. As we pass along the route of the walk, we will be rewarded with lots of views of the Mausoleum, Pyramid and Temple of the Four Winds.

The walk is muddy in places, there are a few gentle hills, but the views are lovely.

Mid-week walk: Tueday 30th January - Beverly 9 mile circular walk

Start and time: At the 18th-century Market Cross in Saturday Market at 10am

Leader: Ali

Distance: 9 miles(14.5km)

Time: Approximate time 41/2 hours

Refreshments and toilets: A choice of cafes and pubs in Beverly and public toilets.

The walk explores the gently undulating countryside to the south and west of Beverly on the edge of the Wolds.  Although lengthy, this is an undemanding walk. Be prepared for some muddy paths at times. A bit of road walking on minor quiet roads.

Welton Dale and Brantingham - Sunday 14th January

Start: 10am prompt

Parking: Travelling on the A63 towards Hull and past turnings off to Brantingham and then Elloughton , take the next turning on the left to Welton. In the village park around the Green in front of the Green Dragon.

Leader: Ali

Distance: 8 1/2 miles (13.7km)

Time: 4 - 4 1/2 hours

Refreshments and toilets: Pub at Welton and pub and light refreshments at the Post Office at Brantingham.

This walk on the southern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds takes you through a classic Wolds landscape of narrow wooded valleys and rolling open uplands. It includes two outstanding attractive villages, both with fine churches. From the higher and more open parts of the route, the views extend across the Wolds to the Vale of York, the River Humber and Hull. None of the ascents and descents is steep or strenuous. and some splendid wooded stretches.