Sunday walk: Nunnington - Sunday 10 February 2019

Start: 10am prompt Nunnington Village Hall

Leader: Martin 07979 674701

Parking: Outside Village Hall, in village and National Trust members 
could also use Nunnington Hall car park (closes at 4pm).
Length: About 7 miles - can be shortened if the weather is very bad.

Terrain: Mainly fields and tracks with minimal road walking. Generally 
flat with just one short steepish post-lunch climb.

Map: OS Explorer 300 - Howardian Hills & Malton

Dogs: There are likely to be pregnant ewes in some of the fields but 
there are opportunities to let dogs off the leash on various parts of 
the walk.

Refreshments: Nunnington Hall tea room or Royal Oak pub (closes 3pm Sunday) in the village.

Toilets: There are no public toilets in Nunnington or Stonegrave, 
although NT members may be able to use the one at Nunnington Hall.

Head east out of Nunnington along the banks of the River Rye to the hamlet of West Ness and on to Caulkley's Bank, a long limestone ridge with views north across the Vale of Pickering and south to the Howardian Hills. Through Caulkley's Wood down to Stonegrave, home of England's oldest Minster. Return to Nunnington via fields and another stretch on the banks of the River Rye.