Walk · North Yorkshire

Clifton Backies Local Nature Reserve

York

1.4MILES

35mON FOOT

5mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 85%Lane & track 10%Road with traffic 5%

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.

A mile and a half of ridge-and-furrow meadow, scrub and old airfield concrete tucked behind Clifton, level and quiet and easily done in half an hour, which makes it a sensible choice for an arthritic dog or a hot afternoon. Walk in from Rawcliffe Lane or Water Lane; there is no dedicated car park but plenty of residential parking, and the number 20 bus stops on Water Lane. Dogs can be off lead on the meadow paths with no livestock to worry about, though the reserve is managed for wildflowers and ground-nesting birds so keep to the mown paths in spring and early summer; the wartime hardstanding gives you firm footing when everything else in York is mud.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.9787, -1.0968

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.YORK.GOV.UK/PARKSANDOPENSPACES

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