Walk · North Yorkshire

Knapton Wold circuit from the campsite

West Knapton · YO17 8JE
N 176 YD
1.6MILES
50mON FOOT
53mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
Off-road 55% 45% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 25%Lane & track 30%Road with traffic 45%

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
Reception at Wolds Way Caravan and Camping, West Farm, West Knapton (YO17 8JE), on Knapton Wold Road YO17 8JE
Parking
On the campsite, by permission of the farm; the National Trail lists it as the parking for this route. There is no other parking on the wold road and the verges are narrow.
Directions to the start →

A short, gentle circuit on the wold top above Knapton, starting from the reception at Wolds Way Caravan and Camping. It runs west along Knapton Wold Road, which is metalled and a public bridleway, then drops south on the Yorkshire Wolds Way to the Enclosure Rites sculpture and its dew pond before returning on the National Trail along the edge of the escarpment. The whole loop stays between 129 and 168 metres so the climbing is barely noticeable, and there are no stiles anywhere on it. Views run north across the Vale of Pickering to the North York Moors, and the Bilsdale transmitter is visible 25 miles off on a clear day.

THE SMALL PRINTThe first and last few hundred metres are on the campsite's own land, where the published rule is "keep your dogs on a lead". Beyond that it is public bridleway and National Trail through working farmland, so the Countryside Code applies: dog on a lead or in sight, kept to the path, and on a lead around livestock. Sheep are usually somewhere on this wold top.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.1582, -0.6272
SOURCE · HTTPS://WOLDSWAYCARAVANANDCAMPING.CO.UK/FACILITIES
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