Goole · 2 checked
Boots on. These are the Goole walks worth the drive, with lead rules and livestock warnings marked.
The Canal and River Trust towpath west out of Goole along the Knottingley and Goole line of the Aire and Calder Navigation, dead flat and traffic-free the whole way to the swing bridge at Rawcliffe Bridge. It leaves the canal basin behind the docks, passes under the railway and then runs between the water and open arable carr land with barn owl boxes on the poles and swans on the cut. There is no shade at all once you are clear of the town, and the Trust asks that dogs are not allowed to swim in the canal, so a water bottle matters more here than usual. Locks, moorings and the swing bridge are the pinch points where the Trust asks for a short lead.
The one walk that shows you why Goole exists: out of the town past the dock gates and up onto the Ouse flood bank, with ships coming up on the tide to the compartment boat hoists and the two water towers, the Salt and Pepper Pots, over your shoulder the whole way. The bank runs north-east above reed and mud to Hook, a strung-out village of brick and pantile with a church tower you can see for miles across the levels. The way back is on Hook Road, a straight quiet lane through market gardens, into the north end of Goole. It is flat, unshaded and completely open, and the river beside you is a working shipping channel with a fierce tide and no fence.
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