Walk · East Riding of Yorkshire

Hudson Way Rail Trail: Molescroft to Cherry Burton

Beverley · HU17 7EG

4.8MILES

2h 10mON FOOT

30mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 55%Lane & track 40%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.

Starts at

The free Hudson Way car park at Molescroft, off Woodhall Way on the north-west edge of Beverley HU17 7EG

Parking

Free council car park at the Molescroft trail head, around twenty spaces, open all hours and rarely full. Free car parks also sit at Kiplingcotes and Market Weighton further along the line.

Directions to the start →

The Hudson Way is the old Beverley to Market Weighton railway, closed in 1965 and now ten miles of level green corridor, and this is the town end of it. From the free car park at Molescroft the trail leaves the edge of Beverley on a surfaced stone path for the first kilometre, then drops to grass and cinder in a shallow cutting hedged with hawthorn and blackthorn all the way to the old Cherry Burton station. It is traffic-free from end to end, with no stiles and no stock on the trail itself, which makes it one of the few places round here you can walk a dog for two miles without touching a road. East Riding of Yorkshire Council manages it as a public right of way and asks that dogs are on a lead or under close control, partly because it is shared with cyclists coming through fast and quiet.

THE SMALL PRINTEast Riding of Yorkshire Council's own page for the trail: you can bring your dog but you should pick up after it and it should be on a lead or kept under close control, and not everyone is comfortable around dogs. Close control is enough; there is no lead order on the trail. The route is shared with cyclists throughout.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.8557, -0.4530

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Hudson Way Rail Trail: Molescroft to Cherry Burton

House rules, decoded

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