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. 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
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
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