WALK ROUTES
May Walk - Bishop Wilton
Yorkshire Wolds
East Riding
Organised by TBC
Sunday May 10th 2015
All three walks are undulating and circular, starting from Bishop Wilton to Garrowby Hill top then dividing into the three walks
Short Walk:
Leader TBC - 8.5 miles medium
From top of Garrowby HIll cross over A166,
walk along Garrowby wall, recross main road and turn down Roman road, turning right into Deep Dale, then joining Minster Way via Givendale back to Bishop Wilton.
Medium Walk:
Leader - 11 miles moderate
From top of Garrowby HIll head down to Kirby Underday, turning right along path to Uncleby, head up Uncleby Hill and right along the Roman road, cross A166 then turn right down to Deep Dale and along Minster Way and back to Bishop Wilton.
Long Walk:
Leader TBC - 14 miles moderate
From top of Garrowby HIll, descend down to KIrby Underdale, Painsthorpe Lane, Worm dale, Bradenham Dale then cross A166 into Deep Dale then join Minster Way via Great Givendale back to Bishop Wilton.
Toilets at Stamford Bridge and parking at the side of the Fleece Inn, Bishop Wilton.
Further information:
Bishop Wilton is a small village in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is about 4 miles (6 km) north of Pocklington and 6 miles (10 km) east of Stamford Bridge.
Just north of the village lies Bishop Wilton Wold, more commonly referred to as Garrowby Hill. At 807 feet (246 m) above sea level, it is the highest point on the Yorkshire Wolds.
The village has a local shop, a small primary school, an art gallery with screen printing workshop, and the Fleece Inn.
Did you know.....
St Edith's, a medieval Church of England parish church in the village has beautiful carved stonework outside which is matched by interior decoration, including a Roman-style mosaic floor fashioned after one at the Vatican and installed in the church by Italian workers in the 1800s.
