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The Centenary Way Long Distance Walk Guide The Centenary Way Long Distance Walk Guide Business and Environmental Services A responsive County Council providing excellent and efficient local services North Yorkshire County Council The Centenary Way The Centenary Way - Outline of the route River Foss near start of walk The Centenary Way The Centenary Way Exploring North Yorkshire, the Howardian Hills, and part of the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail, on foot from York Minster to Filey Brigg Updated, Revised and Edited by John Sparshatt Original route devised by Alan Neasham Copyright North Yorkshire County Council ISBN:978-0-9564441-2-7 Published By North Yorkshire County Council March 2013 Designed and printed by Bowland Graphics North Yorkshire County Council The Centenary Way Introduction I invite you to walk the Centenary Way to discover some of the most glorious and diverse landscapes North Yorkshire has to offer. By following the network of footpaths and bridleways you can enjoy aspects of the heritage, wildlife and countryside that make this County beautiful and unique. The Centenary Way is a valuable asset to the County, enabling local people to access the countryside on their doorstep and visitors to explore the great outdoors. It was created in 1989 to celebrate 100 years of County Councils. Like all of our footpaths and bridleways it encourages tourists to experience and explore our beautiful towns and villages and the countryside. When you need refreshment, there are plenty of opportunities to taste some of the great, local produce we have to offer in our cafes, pubs and restaurants and enjoy Yorkshire hospitality. If you are a visitor to the area, or lucky enough to live here, enjoy this great walk and everything it has to offer along the way. Cllr Chris Metcalfe (Executive Member North Yorkshire County Council) Foreword There is much to celebrate about North Yorkshire. For me, its greatest asset is the vast and varied landscape that can be found within its bounds, for here you will find two national parks, a handful of areas of outstanding natural beauty and a heritage coast. These areas are protected because of their great views and at - tractive countryside, but equally they are protected because of the rich layers of history that stretch back to the earliest settlers; history that forms an integral part of the heritage of this country. Whilst undertaking this long distance walk, you will have time to pause and reflect, discover and enjoy this varied history, and all at a gentle walking pace. Walking stimulates your senses, for only on foot can you enjoy the sights and smells of the seasons, the sounds of the countryside and the taste of the post-walk pint in a village pub! From your first steps as you leave the magnificent York Minster, northern Europe’s largest medieval cathedral, excitement and anticipation builds as you head for the North Sea at Filey Brigg, for this journey will take you past castles and priories, Roman remains, a deserted medieval village plus so much more. A journey of discovery that will bring you richness through the many experiences you will have, which then become memories to treasure. But long distance walking offers much more than discovery, for it gives you a sense of space, freedom and liberation away from the bustle and burdens of everyday life; it gives you a whole new outlook. And where better to reflect upon this new outlook than your journey’s end – the rugged coastline at Filey Brigg. Mark Reid (Author of The Inn Way guidebooks) 2 The Centenary Way Contents Title Page 1 Introduction and Foreword 2 Contents 3 1. York Minster to Earswick 4.3 miles 4-5 2. Earswick to Strensall 4.7 miles 6-7 3. Strensall to Sheriff Hutton 2.8 miles 8-9 4. Sheriff Hutton to Huskit Hill 6.2 miles 10-11 5. Huskit Hill to Coneysthorpe 5.9 miles 12-13 Castle Howard 14-15 6. Coneysthorpe to Firby 6.9 16-17 Kirkham Priory 18-19 7. Firby to Malton 5.6 miles 20-21 Malton and Wharram Percy 22-23 8. Malton to North Grimston 5.9 miles 24-25 9. North Grimston to Toisland Wold 4.9 miles 26-27 10. Toisland Wold to Wharram le Street 6.1 miles 28-29 11. Wharram le Street to Settrington Beacon 3.7 miles 30-31 12. Settrington Beacon to Abbey Plantation 5.3 miles 32-33 13. Abbey Plantation to Crowsdale Wood 3.5 miles 34-35 14. Crowsdale Wood to Staxton Wold Farm 5.7 miles 36-37 15. Staxton Wold Farm to Sharpe Howe 3.0 miles 38-39 16. Sharpe How to Hunmanby 4.3 miles 40-41 17. Hunmanby to Filey Brigg 3.8 miles 42-43 About the author 44 Useful information 45 3 North Yorkshire County Council The Centenary Way 1. York to Earswick 4.3 miles 1.Start from the South Transept door under a further bridge and then over of York Minster and follow the Queen's the Huntingdon Road to rejoin the Path around on the eastern side of the riverside path, soon passing the rear Minster. The plaque midway of the Nestlé Factory. commemorates the Queen's visit on 3. Where the far bank opens out, a 30th March 1972, when she walked to footbridge over the River Foss the Treasurer's House after distributing provides access for local residents, Maundy Money. At the rear of the but our route continues on the western Minster turn right into Chapter House bank. Shortly, the path leads out onto Street where, on the left, is the Haxby Road. Turn right and use the Treasurer's House, managed by the road-side footway for approximately National Trust. At the end of Chapter eighty yards before turning right House Street turn right into Ogleforth behind the white cottage (formerly the passing the Old Brewery, (now Lock Cottage) signposted Foss Walk residential apartments), and then turn and Ebor Way. Pass under the bridge left into Goodramgate and under which, whilst once part of the York to Monks Bar to the traffic lights – cross Hull railway line, now carries a road over and turn left here for eighty yards over the River Foss. Now follow the along Lord Mayor's Walk. Turn right tarmac riverside path behind a row of down Groves Lane, a narrow alleyway. garages passing over another road Continue on Groves Lane with car until a stile gives access into a grass park on the left, and straight on into field alongside the river; continue east Bowling Green Lane. Continue on the river bank around this large between the backs of houses and field, towards Huntington Church garages, crossing two residential which appears behind the trees off to streets and into Grove Terrace Lane the left, to reach a stile. Over the stile until reaching, at the end, the busy and now with a hedge on the left Huntington Road. Turn left here and follow the river to a lane which leads cross to the pavement opposite on the to Huntington Church. western bank of the River Foss. 4. Turn left on the lane and pass 2. Mallard ducks are the most through the church car park to a agreeable of companions now for the signed gate. Through the gate and next mile or so. With the River Foss continue northwards on the riverside on your right follow the river path to a kissing gate. Through the northwards, passing under an old kissing gate and with the River Foss railway bridge, now used as a cycle still on your right, continue northwards, way, and leave the Huntington Road passing under the York Outer Ring for the riverside path. Continue by the Road as far as a footbridge over the River Foss northwards by passing Foss leading to Earswick. 4 The Centenary Way Huntington Church York Minster Start of the Walk Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey 1007946 5 North Yorkshire County Council The Centenary Way 2. Earswick to Strensall 4.7 miles 5. Cross the footbridge and now with 7. Cross the road with care and rejoin the river on your left, on a surfaced the riverside path to follow it generally path, go to another footbridge near a in a northerly direction for 1.3 miles, weir. Cross the footbridge into an passing under the Foss Bridge enclosed path with a wooden fence on carrying the York to Scarborough rail your left and the river on your right, line, to reach Strensall New Bridge. continue past the buildings, and 8. Again cross the road and take the eventually join Landing Lane at riverside path now in a north-easterly Haxby and rejoin the Foss Walk. direction and continue over a small 6. Turn right on this lane as far as wooden footbridge and past the Towthorpe Road. Turn right on derelict former tannery (due for housing Towthorpe Road and continue redevelopment in 2013) to Strensall northwards using the footpath and Bridge at grid ref SE 632609. Cross grass verges for 0.6 mile to a footpath the road here rejoining the riverside sign and small footbridge on the right. path. Continue for 1.3 miles passing a Over the footbridge and diagonally former lock cottage on the left, (note cross the field in front to the road at the remains of a lock in the garden) Towthorpe Bridge. eventually reaching an old metal footbridge at SE 648622. The River Foss Evidence all along the River Foss, in the form of lock houses, bridges and former locks, show the river was formerly used as a canal.
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