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Walk · North Yorkshire

Barton-le-Willows to Crambe by the field track

Barton le Willows · YO60 7PD
N 880 YD
3.2MILES
1h 40mON FOOT
60mCLIMB
Out & backSHAPE
Off-road 67% 33% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 20%Lane & track 47%Road with traffic 33%

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 at the centre of Barton-le-Willows by the village green, YO60 7PD YO60 7PD
Parking
Roadside in the village, free, three or four spaces on the verge by the green; keep the farm entrances and passing places clear
Directions to the start →

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.

THE SMALL PRINTA public footpath along farm tracks and field edges on working land, joined by half a mile of unpavemented single-track lane at the Barton-le-Willows end. The Countryside Code applies: dog on a lead or in sight and under close control, on a lead around livestock, gates left as found.

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
N 880 YD
Walk SOME LIMITS

Barton-le-Willows to Harton by Butts Lane

YO60 7PD
2.4 MI · 1H 10M · 0% OFF-ROAD

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.

Livestock — leads on
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