Walk · North Yorkshire

Weaverthorpe Wold Bridleway

Weaverthorpe · YO17 8HJ
N 880 YD
2.4MILES
1h 15mON FOOT
100mCLIMB
Out & backSHAPE
Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 35%Lane & track 55%Road with traffic 10%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, not a navigation aid. Carry OS Explorer on the hill.

Starts at
Main Road at the Ropery Lane end of Weaverthorpe (YO17 8HJ), where the bridleway sign points south off the village street YO17 8HJ
Parking
Roadside on Main Road in the village, free and usually easy. The Star Inn car park is for customers only.
Directions to the start →

The public bridleway that leaves Main Road at the Ropery Lane end of Weaverthorpe, next to the glamping site, and climbs straight south out of the Great Wold Valley onto the wold top. The whole village lays out below you within ten minutes of leaving the road. Ground and grass underfoot, field gates rather than stiles, and the right of way carries on south over the tops towards Cottam if you want more than the two and a half miles out and back described here. Arable and sheep pasture either side, and not a drop of water once you leave the village, so carry it.

THE SMALL PRINTA public bridleway across working farmland, not open access land, so stay on the line of the way. Sheep are grazed on the wold top - lead on through any field with stock in it. No Public Spaces Protection Order applies in Weaverthorpe parish, so there is no seasonal ban and no blanket lead order.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.1237, -0.5233
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The Blue Bell Inn, Weaverthorpe

YO17 8EX
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Weaverthorpe's second pub, overlooking the green at the western end of the village, reopened in 2026 under new ownership after a long refurbishment. Its own site lists dogs allowed alongside the beer garden, real fire, car park and accommodation, but stops short of saying which rooms of the building. Kitchen runs Thursday to Sunday only and the bar shuts at 7pm Monday to Wednesday, so it is an evening stop rather than a lunchtime one early in the week.

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Pub SOME LIMITS

The Star Inn, Weaverthorpe

YO17 8EY
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A 19th-century village pub on the main street through Weaverthorpe, in the Great Wold Valley where the Gypsey Race runs. Their published answer on dogs is direct: welcome in the bar area and in certain guest rooms, with notice asked for in advance. Bar hours are limited midweek, with the bar shut Monday and Tuesday, so ring before driving over from the coast. There is a garden and free parking on site.

In the bar
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Yorkshire Wolds Glamping

YO17 8HJ
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Four converted railway wagons and four pods on an acre and a half off Ropery Lane at the top of Weaverthorpe. Dogs are allowed in every wagon, every pod and the studio snug, but not in the shower block or the shared kitchen, and the site rule is leads at all times. A public bridleway runs straight off the site up onto the wold top, which is the obvious first walk of the day. Wagons have wood burners and en-suite loos; pods do not, so you use the amenity block.

Livestock — leads on
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