Walk · East Riding of Yorkshire

Cottingham Branchline and Priory Road Circuit

Hull · HU5 4HP
N 440 YD
2.1MILES
1hON FOOT
12mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
Off-road 80% 20% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 45%Lane & track 35%Road with traffic 20%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, not a navigation aid. Carry OS Explorer on the hill.

Starts at
The Setting Dyke footpath entrance on National Avenue, Hull, HU5 4HP HU5 4HP
Parking
Free on-street parking on National Avenue and on Priory Road near the Priory Drive end. Nothing formal on the route itself. Cottingham station and Hull Paragon both sit on the branch line the walk cro
Directions to the start →

A signposted Hull City Council route that follows the Setting Dyke drain west from National Avenue, then climbs a footbridge over the Hull to Cottingham and Scarborough branch line to reach Priory Drive and the tree-lined track and cycleway that runs behind the Shropshire Close and Warwickshire Close estates. It ducks under the County Road North flyover and comes back down the drain, so the whole thing is a green corridor squeezed between the railway and the western suburbs. It is Hull City Council land and highway, not East Riding, and the city has no dog control Public Spaces Protection Order at all; the council's own route notes ask only that you pick up after your dog. There are gates, chicanes and steps at the bridge, and the drain-side sections are rough and boggy after rain.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead OK
REGION · EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE
GRID · 53.7702, -0.3792
SOURCE · HTTPS://TRAVEL.HULL.GOV.UK/WALKING-ROUTE-MAPS/COTTINGHAM-BRANCHLINE
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