Millington Pastures: Sylvan Dale and Nettle Dale Circular

Millington Wood and Millington Dales Circular

Millington Wood is a fifty-two acre Local Nature Reserve and SSSI managed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council's Countryside Access Team, sat at the mouth of the chalk dry valleys known as Millington Dales. There are no public rights of way inside the wood, only permissive paths, and the council's own line is that you can bring your dog provided you pick up after it and keep it under close control. From the small car park on Wood Gate the route climbs the main ride to the viewpoint, then follows the single-track dale road up onto Millington Pastures, one of the last stretches of unploughed chalk grassland in the Wolds, before dropping back down the valley. The dales are bone dry with no beck and no ponds, so carry water. Sheep and cattle are grazed on the pastures and the fields either side of the road are not fenced from the verge.