WALK ROUTES
MARCH Walk - Wetwang
Yorkshire Wolds, East Yorkshire
Organised by Neil Weaver
Sunday March 13th 2016
All walks are circular from Wetwang
starting and finishing at the Black Swan pub.
The terrain for all three walks is flat along field edge
paths, bridleways and typical Wold valleys.
Paths will be muddy in places.
The walks are longer than usual due to the longer time
available to complete them.
Short Walk – 8 miles – Leader Neil Weaver
The route goes South from Wetwang across farmland on field edge paths then turns South West towards Huggate Village. Short of the village the route heads North to follow a typical Wold valley below Northfield House then North East back to Wetwang.
Medium Walk – 11 miles – Leader Geoff Wardle
The start is similar to the short walk but travels further South to join the Minster Way going West and passes through Huggate village. The route then follows a section of the Chalkland Way into the same valley as the short walk and North East back to Wetwang.
Long Walk – 15 miles – Leader Dave Fothergill
The route is virtually the same as the medium walk with the addition of a section at the start to the North of Wetwang which takes in the Sir Tatton Sykes Monument then heads South to join the Medium Walk route to complete the route back to Wetwang.
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Wetwang
Further information:
Wetwang is a Yorkshire Wolds village and parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is situated 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Driffield on the A166 road.
St Nicholas's Church is of Norman origin
and was restored between 1845 and
1902. In 1966 the church was
designated a Grade II* listed building,
maintained by Historic England.
The village is known for its Iron Age chariot burial cemetery at Wetwang Slack and its black swans on the village pond and the aptly named village pub.
Huggate village actually lies in a hollow, but remains the highest village on the Yorkshire Woldsl. The high spots around the village give fabulous views across the Yorkshire Wolds.
The Chalkland Way devised in 1994 by Ray Wallis, and funded by the Ramblers` Association, the route is a grand circular of the Wolds chalky outcrop: Noted for their green, dry valleys.
Tatton Sykes Monument is 120ft (37 metres) high. It was built in 1865, in honour of Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th baronet (1772-1863), by "those who loved him as a friend and honored him as a landlord"
Toilet stop at Stamford Bridge.
