Walk · North Yorkshire

Monk Stray

York

1.9MILES

45mON FOOT

5mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 85%Lane & track 5%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.

Just under two miles of open common between Huntington Road and Malton Road, dead flat, grass underfoot and comfortably walked in three quarters of an hour; the classic short evening loop for the Heworth and Stockton Lane dogs. Come in from Stockton Lane or Huntington Road with easy on-street parking, or take the number 10 or 20 bus to Heworth and walk up. It is a genuine off-lead space, but this is grazing land and cattle including cows with calves are out on it for much of the summer, so put the lead on when you see stock and give them room; the grass gets sodden after rain but there is nothing to wade and it recovers quickly.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.9720, -1.0620

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.YORK.GOV.UK/PARKSANDOPENSPACES

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