Walk · North Yorkshire

Duncombe Park and the River Rye

Helmsley · YO62 5EB

5.4MILES

2h 21mON FOOT

110mCLIMB

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The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 85% 15% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 55%Lane & track 30%Road with traffic 15%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and 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

YO62 5EB

Directions to the start →

Five and a half miles with 110 metres of ascent and about two and a quarter hours, using the parkland drives and the riverside path below the terraces rather than the well-trodden Fairy Staircase route; the ground is mostly firm, with one muddy dip near the ha-ha. Start at Helmsley market place and walk out past the castle to the park gates on Buckingham Square, or use the pay-and-display at the Cleveland Way car park if the square is full on a Friday market. The Rye is reachable at several points for a swim and the open parkland lets a steady dog off the lead, but Duncombe Park is a working estate with fallow deer and sheep, and the National Nature Reserve section asks for dogs under close control at all times.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads wherever deer or sheep are in view in the park, and through the nature reserve section by the river

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.2472, -1.0586

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/SMARTTOUR/34914616

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