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Dog-friendly walks in Pickering

Boots on. These are the Pickering walks worth the drive, with lead rules and livestock warnings marked.

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Ellerburn and Thornton Beck from Pickering

Pickering · YO18 7AA
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7.7MILES
3:21TIME
170mCLIMB
80%OFF-ROAD
Livestock — leads on

A 7.7-mile field-path circuit with only 170 metres of climbing, about three and a half hours at a steady pace, though the low ground between Pickering and Thornton Beck turns to sticky clay from November to March and there are a dozen stiles. It starts in Pickering market place, where the long-stay car park behind the Ropery is the sensible option on a market Monday, and the Coastliner 840 from York and Whitby stops on Eastgate. The beck runs clear enough for a drink most of the way and the wooded stretch up to St Hilda's at Ellerburn is glorious for a nose-down dog, but the route crosses working sheep and cattle pasture on both sides of Thornton-le-Dale, so leads go on at every gate.

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Newbridge and Blansby Park

Pickering · YO18 7AJ
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9.1MILES
4:02TIME
230mCLIMB
85%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

A 9.1-mile circuit north of Pickering on field paths, bridleways and estate tracks with about 230 metres of climbing, taking around four hours; the Blansby Park section ruts up badly and stays muddy well into spring. Start at Pickering station car park, where the walk crosses the North Yorkshire Moors Railway twice at Newbridge and again on the return, so expect steam and whistles. Dogs can run loose on the long forest and moor-edge tracks but must be back on the lead for the deer park and the grazing fields around Blansby, and firmly held at both level crossings.

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Pickering Beck and the Forest Trail

Pickering · YO18 7AA
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7.7MILES
3:22TIME
120mCLIMB
85%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed

Seven and a half miles up both banks of Pickering Beck on forest track and riverside path, with a gentle 120 metres of ascent and a little over three hours of walking; the surface is firm gravel for much of it, which makes this the best wet-weather choice in the town. It begins at the market place and runs out past the North Yorkshire Moors Railway sheds, so park at the station if you want the steam and the toilets, or on Vivis Lane if you want to miss the crowds. The beck gives constant water and the forest tracks are wide enough for a dog to range ahead, but the line crosses the running railway on the level twice and there are roe deer in the plantations, so a recall you trust is the price of entry.

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Pickering Castle and Beck Isle

Pickering · YO18 7AX
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2.2MILES
56mTIME
40mCLIMB
65%OFF-ROAD
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A 2.2-mile hour-long amble around the top of the town with 40 metres of ascent, all of it on pavement, churchyard path and a short surfaced riverside stretch, so it works in any weather and with any age of dog. It starts at the market place below the parish church and runs up Castlegate to the motte-and-bailey castle before dropping to Beck Isle and the old bridge, with free two-hour parking on the market place and long-stay at the station five minutes away. Dogs are welcome on leads in the grounds of the English Heritage castle, the beck at Beck Isle is shallow and easy to reach for a drink, and there is no livestock at all, but a good half of this walk shares pavement with traffic.

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