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Dog-friendly walks in Stamford Bridge

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

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N 440 YD 3.4 MI · LOOP
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Stamford Bridge and the Derwent

Stamford Bridge
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3.4MILES
1:25TIME
10mCLIMB
85%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

A three-and-a-half mile riverside circuit downstream from the battle village along the Derwent and back over the red-brick railway viaduct, an hour and a half of level walking with ten metres of ascent in total. Start at the picnic site car park by the bridge in Stamford Bridge, which is free and signed from the A166, and the 10 and 747 buses from York stop in the village. The Derwent is deep, slow and clean here and dogs swim from the shelving banks, the viaduct path is a firm traffic-free surface, and there are gates rather than awkward stiles, but the riverside meadows carry cattle in summer so check each field before letting a dog run; the bank path is soft and puddled in winter while the old railway line stays firm.

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Stamford Bridge to Kexby and the viaduct

Stamford Bridge · YO41 1AN
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7.5MILES
3:15TIME
45mCLIMB
90%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

Seven and a half miles down the Derwent to Kexby and back through Millfield and Hagg woods, three and a quarter hours, flat throughout with one boggy section on the riverbank and a firm surfaced return over the old railway viaduct. Start at the picnic site car park in Stamford Bridge, which is free, and the 747 bus between York and Bridlington stops in the village; the viaduct carries National Cycle Route 66 and is the fifteen-arch survivor of the York to Beverley line. The riverside fields are grazed by cattle in summer and the Derwent bank has steep undercut edges, so leads on there, but the woodland tracks are good off-lead ground; the river is nationally important for wildlife with otters and salmon, the woods drain reasonably, and the surfaced railway return keeps this walkable when the riverbank is a swamp.

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