Walk · North Yorkshire

Acaster Malbis and the Ouse

York · YO23 2UH

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1h 20mON FOOT

20mCLIMB

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The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 85% 15% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 50%Lane & track 35%Road with traffic 15%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

YO23 2UH

Directions to the start →

Three miles of riverbank and old railway five miles south of the city, an hour and a quarter, level throughout apart from one flight of steps up to the railway path and two or three stiles that a heavy dog will need helping over. Start in Acaster Malbis where there is limited roadside parking and a pub car park for customers, and in summer the York City Cruises boat from Kings Staith will drop you at the village landing, which is far and away the best way to arrive. The riverside fields are grazed by cattle from spring to autumn, so leads on there and give any herd with calves a wide berth, and the Ouse offers a proper swim for a strong dog at the sandy pull-in below the village; the railway path stays hard and clean in winter while the riverbank turns to deep mud.

THE SMALL PRINTCattle graze the riverside fields spring to autumn; leads on there, and there are stiles a large dog cannot manage alone.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.9010, -1.1010

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.ITRAVELYORK.INFO/DOWNLOADS/FILE/55/008-BISHOPTHORPE-TO-ACASTER-MALBIS-RETURN

Acaster Malbis and the Ouse

House rules, decoded

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