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Dog-friendly walks in Thirsk

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

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Cod Beck Riverside Walk

Thirsk · YO7 1LB
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4.3MILES
2:10TIME
40mCLIMB
75%OFF-ROAD
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Flat 4.3-mile circular from Thirsk market place following Cod Beck north to South Kilvington, through Underwood Plantation and back through New Thirsk, with fine views to the Hambleton Hills. The quiet riverside and country paths make an easy dog walk, and the beck's shallows are popular for a paddle. Field sections cross grazing land, so keep dogs close where stock are out.

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The Hambleton Ramble

Thirsk · YO7 1AB
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5MILES
1:20TIME
22mCLIMB
70%OFF-ROAD
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Five miles of fields, quiet roads and tracks out of Thirsk to South Kilvington and Kilvington Mill, returning over the Seven Bridges path beside Cod Beck; no stiles at all, six gates, and some genuinely muddy stretches after rain. Start from the pay and display car park on Marage Road, a mile from Thirsk station, with frequent buses from York taking about forty-five minutes. Cod Beck is the highlight for a dog - shallow, clean and easy to get in and out of, with a veteran oak on the bank - but the middle third crosses grazed pasture and the A19 crossings need a short lead.

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Thirsk to South Kilvington Field Paths

Thirsk · YO7 1EP
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3.7MILES
1:31TIME
15mCLIMB
76%OFF-ROAD
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Three and three quarter miles from the north-east edge of Thirsk up to South Kilvington and back, about an hour and a half on field-edge paths, an old green track and short lengths of lane. Park on Marage Road in Thirsk and walk out past the auction mart; Thirsk railway station sits a mile the other side of town at Carlton Miniott. There are stiles and kissing gates, the paths run beside arable and grazed fields in roughly equal measure, and Cod Beck comes close enough at the northern end for a drink.

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South Kilvington and Sowerby loop

Thirsk · YO7 1EY
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6.1MILES
2:35TIME
30mCLIMB
85%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

Six miles round the two villages that bracket Thirsk, about two and a half hours, with barely thirty metres of ascent in the whole circuit and field paths, beck-side tracks and a short town section to link them. Start in Thirsk Market Place with three hours of free parking, or step off the train at Thirsk station and pick the route up on the western arc; there are pubs at both ends and a tea room in Sowerby. Sheep graze the pasture on the South Kilvington side so leads on there, the Cod Beck runs beside a good third of the walk with easy shallow entries for a drink or a paddle, and because the beck-side paths are made up this stays one of the more reliable January walks in the Vale of Mowbray even when the plough land is unwalkable.

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Thirsk town and Cod Beck easy circular

Thirsk · YO7 1HB
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1.5MILES
40mTIME
5mCLIMB
50%OFF-ROAD

A mile and a half round the middle of town on the waymarked pushchair route, half an hour at a gentle pace, entirely on pavement and made-up path with dropped kerbs throughout and not a stile or a step on it. It starts and ends in the cobbled Market Place, where parking is free for three hours and every bus in the district calls, and it takes in the millrace and the Cod Beck bridges on the quiet side of town. This is the walk for an old dog, a hot afternoon or a filthy February day, because it never gets muddy and there is no livestock at all; the whole thing is on the lead by necessity given the roads, but the Cod Beck gives a dog a drink at the footbridge and there is shade along the beck for most of the afternoon.

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Thirsk west field loop and Sowerby

Thirsk · YO7 1LH
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4MILES
1:45TIME
20mCLIMB
85%OFF-ROAD
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Four miles of genuinely flat field walking west of the town returning through Sowerby, an hour and three quarters, on the town's own waymarked route with a few kissing gates and one short lane. Start from the Market Place in Thirsk, where the main car park is free for three hours, and Thirsk station is a mile and a half west on the East Coast line with a bus link into town. This is arable and pasture country so sheep are about and leads go on across the grazed fields, and there is no natural water until you reach the Cod Beck at the Sowerby end; the plough headlands are heavy going after Christmas, but the Sowerby half is on lane and tree-lined green and stays perfectly walkable in winter.

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