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Walk · North Yorkshire

Acklam to Leavening Footpath Circular

Acklam · YO17 9RG
N 880 YD
2.1MILES
1hON FOOT
95mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
Off-road 45% 55% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 45%Road with traffic 55%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, not a navigation aid. Carry OS Explorer on the hill.

Starts at
The road junction by St John the Baptist's church, Acklam (YO17 9RG), heading north on Kirk Balk YO17 9RG
Parking
Roadside only, on the wide verge by the church. No car park in the village and no facilities of any kind.
Directions to the start →

Acklam has no pub, no shop and no public car park, but it does have a signposted field path north to Leavening, and this two-mile round out and lane back is the whole of the village's walking. Leave by Kirk Balk, pick up the footpath at the sign on the south side, cross two arable fields on a grass headland, and drop into Leavening by Beck Lane. Come back down Whin Hill and Kirk Balk. The lane sections are national speed limit with no footway and hedges to the verge in places, so it is a short-lead walk on tarmac and a longer-lead walk on the field path.

THE SMALL PRINTAbout half of this is single-track lane at the national speed limit with no footway - keep the dog on a short lead on the road. The field path crosses working farmland where sheep are grazed. No Public Spaces Protection Order applies in Acklam or Leavening parish, so there is no seasonal ban and no blanket lead order, only the Countryside Code duty to keep the dog on a lead or in sight and on a lead around livestock.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on
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