Walk · North Yorkshire

St Nicholas Fields

York · YO10 3FW

1.6MILES

40mON FOOT

10mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 75%Lane & track 15%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

YO10 3FW

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Twenty-four acres of reclaimed landfill turned local nature reserve a mile from the Minster, giving a mile and a half of easy looping paths through meadow, scrub and willow beside Osbaldwick Beck in about forty minutes. The environment centre is on Rawdon Avenue, YO10 3FW, and the small car park is reserved for visitors with limited mobility, so come on foot from Melrosegate or Hazel Court, by bike on cycle route 658, or on the 6 or 20 bus. St Nicks welcomes dogs provided they are on a lead or under close control and you clear up after them; the beck gives a drink but no swim, there is no livestock, and the surfaced main paths stay walkable through a wet January.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.9538, -1.0640

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.STNICKS.ORG.UK/VISIT-US/OPENING-TIMES-AND-DIRECTIONS/

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