Walk · North Yorkshire

Yarm to Preston Park along the Tees

Yarm · TS15 9AH

3.9MILES

1h 50mON FOOT

45mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

Off-road 85% 15% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 60%Lane & track 25%Road with traffic 15%

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

Yarm Town Hall, halfway up the cobbled High Street, TS15 9AH TS15 9AH

Parking

Pay and display bays down the middle of Yarm High Street and the free car park behind the Town Hall off Silver Street. Both fill on Thursday market day and on Saturdays; the Bridge Street end is easie

Directions to the start →

The best walk out of Yarm follows the west bank of the Tees north from the bridge, through the Tees Heritage Park, to the grounds of Preston Park Museum at Eaglescliffe. It leaves the cobbled High Street at the town hall, passes under the viaduct arches and stays with the river for two miles of level, mostly surfaced path with the water on your right the whole way. Turn round at the Preston Park car park for a shade under four miles, or carry on into the museum grounds. No Public Spaces Protection Order applies anywhere on this route, so a reliable dog can be off the lead, but the bank is undercut in places and the Tees runs deep and fast below Yarm.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.5104, -1.3550

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.STOCKTON.GOV.UK/ARTICLE/10253/PUBLIC-SPACE-PROTECTION-ORDER

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