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.