Walk · North Yorkshire

Askham Bryan and Askham Richard field paths

York · YO23 3FR

3.5MILES

1h 35mON FOOT

20mCLIMB

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

Off-road 80% 20% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 60%Lane & track 20%Road with traffic 20%

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 3FR

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Three and a half miles between the two Askham villages on the old Ainsty field paths west of the city, an hour and a half, flat farmland with several kissing gates, a couple of stiles and one stretch of lane without a footway. Start on the green at Askham Bryan, four miles from York, where there is roadside parking by the church and the number 4 bus from the city calls at the village edge; Askham Richard has a pond, a green and nothing else, which is the appeal. Arable fields dominate so there is less livestock here than on the ings, but sheep are put on the pasture near Askham Richard in winter and there is no water on the route at all; the paths are cropped headlands and go sticky rather than impassable, so this stays walkable most of the winter in wellingtons.

THE SMALL PRINTSheep on the pasture near Askham Richard in winter and a short lane section with no footway; leads on for both.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.9285, -1.1560

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Askham Bryan and Askham Richard field paths

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