Walk · North Yorkshire

Stamford Bridge to Kexby and the viaduct

Stamford Bridge · YO41 1AN

7.5MILES

3h 15mON FOOT

45mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 50%Lane & track 40%Road with traffic 10%

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. 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

YO41 1AN

Directions to the start →

Seven and a half miles down the Derwent to Kexby and back through Millfield and Hagg woods, three and a quarter hours, flat throughout with one boggy section on the riverbank and a firm surfaced return over the old railway viaduct. Start at the picnic site car park in Stamford Bridge, which is free, and the 747 bus between York and Bridlington stops in the village; the viaduct carries National Cycle Route 66 and is the fifteen-arch survivor of the York to Beverley line. The riverside fields are grazed by cattle in summer and the Derwent bank has steep undercut edges, so leads on there, but the woodland tracks are good off-lead ground; the river is nationally important for wildlife with otters and salmon, the woods drain reasonably, and the surfaced railway return keeps this walkable when the riverbank is a swamp.

THE SMALL PRINTCattle graze the riverside fields in summer and the Derwent bank is steep and undercut in places; leads on for the riverside third.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.9893, -0.9185

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.YORKSHIRE.COM/WALKING/WALK-STAMFORD-BRIDGE-TO-KEXBY-RETURN/

Stamford Bridge to Kexby and the viaduct

House rules, decoded

Bay Horse

No 10 coffee bar and bistro

Sizzling Plate

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