WAGFINDER
Walk · North Yorkshire

Barton-le-Willows to Harton by Butts Lane

Barton le Willows · YO60 7PD
N 440 YD
2.4MILES
1h 10mON FOOT
40mCLIMB
Out & backSHAPE
Off-road 0% 100% shares tarmac with cars
Road with traffic 100%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, 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
The road junction at the centre of Barton-le-Willows, by the village green, YO60 7PD YO60 7PD
Parking
Roadside in the village, free, three or four sensible spaces on the wide verge by the green; it is a working hamlet so leave the farm entrances and the passing places clear
Directions to the start →

Two Howardian foothill hamlets a mile and a bit apart, joined by a single-track lane with grass verges and almost no traffic. The route leaves Barton-le-Willows westward past the pond end of the village, drops onto Butts Lane and then climbs gently south-west on the unfenced lane over Barton Hill to the green at Harton. It is all metalled public highway, so there are no stiles, no gates and no field boundaries to argue with, but it is also unpavemented and used by tractors and milk lorries, so this is a lead walk rather than a running-free walk. The verges are wide enough to step onto for the whole distance and there is a long view north to the Howardian ridge from the high point.

THE SMALL PRINTAn unpavemented single-track public road used by farm traffic, with stock fields either side. Dogs should be on a lead throughout. No seasonal restriction and no dog exclusion applies on this route.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.0608, -0.9111
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.GOV.UK/GOVERNMENT/PUBLICATIONS/THE-COUNTRYSIDE-CODE/THE-COUNTRYSIDE-CODE-ADVICE-FOR-COUNTRYSIDE-VISITORS
Also in Barton le Willows
WAGFINDER No photo yet
N 440 YD 3.2 MI · OUT & BACK
SOME LIMITS

Barton-le-Willows to Crambe by the field track

Barton le Willows · YO60 7PD
No reviews yet
3.2MILES
1:40TIME
60mCLIMB
67%OFF-ROAD
Livestock — leads on

The proper walk out of Barton-le-Willows heads north-east on the lane past the last farm, then leaves the tarmac at Barton Fields for a green farm track carrying a public footpath most of the way to Crambe. It drops steadily off the Howardian foothills towards the Derwent, with the ground opening out and Crambe's eleventh-century church tower ahead. Crambe itself is a dozen houses, a church and no shop, so bring your own water. Kirkham Priory is a further mile north up the lane from Crambe: English Heritage lists it among its dog-friendly places, entry is free and it is open any reasonable daylight hours, with free parking outside the gate.

VERIFIED 30 JUL 2026 VIEW WALK ›
Ad

Dog-friendly cottages you can book

Real dog-welcoming cottages from our booking partner holidaycottages.co.uk — live prices, booked on their site. Booking through these links supports Wagfinder and never changes the price you pay.

Birchwood Stable Cottage Yorkshire · dogs welcome 7 nights from £428 Hawthorn Cottage Yorkshire Yorkshire · dogs welcome 7 nights from £447 Prospect Lodge Halifax Yorkshire · dogs welcome 7 nights from £453 Clover Cottage Osmotherley Yorkshire · dogs welcome 7 nights from £479 Number 2 Bank Top Yorkshire · dogs welcome 7 nights from £484 Havercroft Yorkshire · dogs welcome 7 nights from £485 Whisper Cottage Yorkshire · dogs welcome 7 nights from £520 Lavender Cottage Helmsley Yorkshire · dogs welcome 7 nights from £521 Dove Cottage Old Malton Yorkshire · dogs welcome 7 nights from £649 Farmstead Cottage At Bland Close Farm Yorkshire · dogs welcome 7 nights from £671

Know one we have missed?

Tell us the pub we have not walked into yet.

Local knowledge beats desk research every time. Name the place and we will check it properly — the venue's own policy, confirmed, then stamped and dated like every other listing.

Get the new stamps first.

One short email when we add places or a council changes its beach rules. No noise, easy out.

NO SPAM · UNSUBSCRIBE ANY TIME · WE NEVER SELL THE LIST

Wagfinder Members

Your patch, watched for you.

£4.99 A MONTH · OR £48 A YEAR
Restriction alerts for your saved beaches — know before the ban starts, not at the slipway sign.
New-place notifications in your area, the day we stamp them in.
Member perks at claimed venues across Britain.
Become a member

ENTER DOG OF THE MONTH · RESTRICTION ALERTS · CANCEL ANY TIME