Walk · North Yorkshire

The Solar System Way: York to Naburn

York

4.3MILES

2h 10mON FOOT

20mCLIMB

Linear — plan the returnSHAPE

Off-road 80% 20% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 10%Lane & track 70%Road with traffic 20%

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.

Four and a third miles of entirely flat walking from York Station along the Ouse, over the Millennium Bridge and out on the old East Coast main line to Naburn, with Sustrans' scale model of the solar system counted off in tarmac as you go; allow a little over two hours and expect a hard surface the whole way. It is linear, so walk out and catch the 42 bus back from Naburn, or simply turn round at whichever planet has beaten the dog. Note honestly that the route passes beneath York's medieval bar walls but never on them, because dogs are not allowed on the wall-top walkways at all; on the path itself keep close control around cyclists, and be aware the shared surface means lead work through the city section, though the tarmac makes this the one York walk that is as good in January as in June.

THE SMALL PRINTDogs are not permitted on York's wall-top walkways; this route passes below them. The path is shared with cyclists, so leads through the city section.

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.9578, -1.0932

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.YORKSHIRE.COM/YORK/INSPIRATION/OUTDOORS/WALK-THE-SOLAR-SYSTEM-WAY-YORK

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