Walk · North Yorkshire

The Harland Way

Spofforth

6MILES

2h 30mON FOOT

50mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

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

Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars

Lane & track 95%Road with traffic 5%

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.

Three miles each way along the trackbed of the old Wetherby to Church Fenton railway, converted to a path in 1992 and largely surfaced, dead flat and wide enough for two abreast, though the middle section can turn muddy in a wet spell. Start from East Park Road in Spofforth beside the ruined castle, or from the old Wetherby station car park at the far end if you would rather walk it the other way; North Yorkshire Council resurfaced a long stretch recently. Cuttings and embankments shelter it from the wind, which makes it a good winter option for an old dog, but it is shared with cyclists and horse riders so a lead is sensible; the Castle Inn in Spofforth takes dogs at the end.

THE SMALL PRINTShared traffic-free railway path: keep dogs on a lead for cyclists and horse riders, and on the road crossings at either end.

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.9540, -1.4440

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.YORKSHIRE.COM/WALKING/THE-HARLAND-WAY-WETHERBY-TO-SPOFFORTH-RAILWAY-WALK/

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