Walk · North Yorkshire

Birdsall Scarp Footpath

Birdsall · YO17 9NT

2.4MILES

1h 15mON FOOT

60mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

Off-road 50% 50% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 45%Lane & track 5%Road with traffic 50%

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

Birdsall village street by St Mary's church (nearest postcode YO17 9NT), heading north up the estate lane YO17 9NT

Parking

Roadside on the estate lane and very limited - four or five cars at most, with somebody's front garden either side. No facilities in the village.

Directions to the start →

Birdsall is an estate village of a dozen houses, a church and a big house, and this is the only walking it has that is not somebody's farm track. North up the estate lane past St Mary's, west along the ridge lane, then onto the signed public footpath that runs along the top of the scarp with the Derwent vale and the Howardian Hills laid out west of you. Turn round where the path starts dropping towards Kennythorpe. Everything either side of the line is private Birdsall estate ground, plantations included, so this is a walk to stay on the path for.

THE SMALL PRINTPublic footpath and estate lanes only - the woods and parkland either side are private Birdsall estate ground with no public access, so keep the dog on the right of way and under close control. Sheep are grazed on the scarp fields. No Public Spaces Protection Order applies in Birdsall parish.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.0758, -0.7498

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Birdsall Scarp Footpath

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