Walk · East Riding of Yorkshire

Market Weighton Canal towpath, Newport to Weighton Lock

Newport · HU15 2PP

4.4MILES

1h 55mON FOOT

10mCLIMB

Linear — plan the returnSHAPE

Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 55%Lane & track 35%Road with traffic 10%

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 canal bridge and trail gateway at Newport, off Main Road at the west end of the village HU15 2PP

Finishes at

Weighton Lock and the picnic area on the Humber bank at Faxfleet, where the canal meets the estuaryLinear — plan how you get back

Parking

Free trail parking at Newport by the canal; there are also a few spaces at Broomfleet and at Faxfleet, but the trail asks that you do not block farm or house access

Directions to the start →

The southern half of the Market Weighton Canal Trail, leaving the canal bridge in Newport and following the cut dead straight across Wallingfen and the Broomfleet levels to the eighteenth-century Weighton Lock, where the canal drops into the Humber opposite Whitton Island. It is completely flat, largely unshaded, and the reed fringe holds kingfishers, herons and marsh harriers over Broomfleet Washlands. The trail's own guidance says dogs are welcome the whole way but asks that they are kept out of the ponds and reed beds and on a lead where signs say so, because parts of the bank are grazed. Parts are single file and there are kissing gates at Sand Lane and the Washlands.

THE SMALL PRINTThe Market Weighton Canal Trail's own guidance: dogs are permitted along the whole trail, must be kept on a lead where signs ask for it to protect livestock and wildlife, must be kept out of the ponds and reed beds, and waste must be removed.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

REGION · EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.7628, -0.7068

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Market Weighton Canal towpath, Newport to Weighton Lock

House rules, decoded

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