Sunday walk: Heslington Tilmire - Sunday 10th September

Date: Sunday, September 10

Start: 10am prompt

Meet: Heslington village outside the King Charles pub. Street parking.

Leaders: Martin and Jenny

Distance: 6.5 miles but can be extended by a further mile if required.

Refreshments/toilets: King Charles pub and Deramore pub in Heslington

OS Explorer map 290, OS Landranger 105

Wednesday walk: Helmsley,Beckdale Valley and Ashdale valley - Wednesday 30th August

Start: 10am prompt

Parking and meeting point: Roadside near Feversham Hotel in Helmsley.

Leader: Mike

Distance: 7 miles

Level of difficulty: Mainly easy walk

Refreshments and toilets: Cafes and toilets in Helmsley

A delightful walk up Beckdale valley and returning to Helmsley on good paths. There is one hill climb.

Sunday walk: Hovingham over to Terrington - Sunday 13 August

Date: Sunday 13 August

Start: 10am prompt from Hovingham village hall

Leader: Sally

Distance: 8.5 miles

Level of difficulty: Moderate

Parking: Parking in Hovingham on the road or by the village hall.

Facilities: Cafe and toilets in Hovingham

A lovely walk in the countryside north of York. Lunch in Terrington on the village green.

Tuesday walk: Bishop wilton, Yapham, Meltonby and Great Givendale - 15 August

Start: 10am prompt

Car Parking: Roadside near the pub in Bishop Wilton

Leader: Ali

Distance: 6 miles

Time: 3 hours

This is a pleasant walk, mostly on good paths and tracks with a bit of road walking on quiet roads. There is one gradual ascent and a steep descent on the return to Bishop Wilton.There is a lovely Victorian church at Yapham and the lovely church at Great Givendale which makes a good lunch stop.

Wednesday walk: Hawnby - Wednesday 25 July 2017

Date: Wednesday 26th July

Start: 10am prompt. At Hawnby church, 1/2 mile west of the village on the Kepwick road. Hawnby is 6 miles north of Helmsley.

Leader: Mike

Distance: 7 miles 

Level of difficulty: moderate 

Refreshments and toilets: Café in Hawnby.

The walk takes you through woodland skirting Coomb Hill and Anaya's Wood, passing splendid Arden Hall onto moorland. Lovely views of Ryedale and Bilsdale.

Sunday walk: Spofforth, Follifoot and gritstone rocks - Sunday 9th July

Date: Sunday 9th July

Leader: Steve

Distance: 8 miles

Level of difficulty: Easy

Facilities and refreshments: In Spofforth and Follifoot

This super walk close to Harrogate takes in a picturesque small castle and then some interesting sculptured gritstone outcrops. The villages of Follifoot and Spofforth retain their community charm with shops and pubs. Follifoot in particular enjoys a lovely secluded location close to the south of Harrogate.

Sunday walk: Huggate and the Wolds - Sunday 18 June 2017

Start: Huggate village centre

Time: 10am prompt

Date: Sunday 18 June 2017

Leader: Bridie

Distance: 9 miles

Level of difficulty: moderate

Facilities: Manor House Inn at Fridaythorpe, Wolds Inn at Huggate.

This is a splendid walk providing extensive views across Yorkshire, and on a clear day, glimpses of the North Sea.

There is so much history to be experienced in the rolling Wolds hills.