Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill.
Three flat miles round the village and out to the Anglo-Saxon burial mound known as Pudding Pie Hill, an hour and a quarter, on lane, green and field path with a couple of kissing gates and one field that stays soft all winter. Start on Front Street in Sowerby under the lime avenue, where there is free roadside parking, and the Thirsk town bus runs to the village; the mound itself is on private land but the footpath passes close beneath it. Sheep graze the fields south of the village so leads go on there, the Cod Beck runs alongside the Flatts with shallow gravel entries a dog can get in and out of easily, and the lane and green sections keep this walkable through the wettest months when the field paths are not.
Cosy country pub on Sowerby's handsome tree-lined Front Street, a few minutes from the Flatts. Dogs on leads are welcome in the bar and the flower-filled beer garden, and treats are usually on hand. Pairs naturally with a riverside loop along Cod Beck.
A back-lane fish and chip shop in Sowerby, a village that has effectively become Thirsk's southern suburb but keeps its own character. Thirsk Tourist Information notes the house rule that dogs always get a free sausage, which tells you everything about the welcome. Eat them on the green or take them down to Sowerby Flatts.
Open medieval common land beside Cod Beck, reached from Sowerby's elegant tree-lined Front Street, and the default daily dog walk for Thirsk and Sowerby. Riverside grass paths link into a roughly three-mile circular between the two settlements. The Flatts are still working pasture where cattle and sheep graze, so keep dogs on leads around stock.
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