Passionate about sharing walking in the East Riding of Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Wolds and to promote the fantastic walking routes in the county

Welcome to 'The Walking Cave Man', a fantastic reference guide to walking in the East Riding of Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Wolds.

'The Walking Cave Man' is an extremely useful resource to unearth the fabulous walking within the East Riding of Yorkshire, providing  details on over 700 miles of walking routes, maps, route descriptions and footpaths showcasing the beautiful countryside and villages in the county, also including information of many other routes and paths.

The purpose of this site is to provide information and interesting walks to enjoy within the Yorkshire Wolds and East Yorkshire, however does include walks in The Yorkshire Dales and The Lake District.

      

The interactive map opposite details all of 'The Walking Cave Man' walks within the East Riding of Yorkshire, however please also look through all the other walks I've highlighted, accessible by selecting the page tabs above or links opposite or try the Walking Cave Man Highlighted walk by selecting the banner below.

    

  If anyone has an interesting walk/route/trail they feel would be of interest or wish to share, I'd be happy to include it on this Blog (please post to thewalkingcaveman@ymail.com) - full accreditation will be given to the author and website if applicable.

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Top Hill Low Nature Reserve, East Yorkshire

 

Although this five and a half mile walk does not incorporate the rolling hills and dales of the magnificent Yorkshire Wolds this is a flat interesting walk in a relatively unknown and little walked area of East Yorkshire, four miles from Watton, which takes in two fascinating reservoirs, a water works and a nature reserve.

The area is a spider's web of footpaths and therefore the route I've detailed on the map above can easily be increased in length, giving the chance to visit more of the villages in the vicinity, such as Arram and if a longer walk is preferred Hutton Cranswick can also be included.

The first time I walked most of this route was when I completed the 23 mile Hutton Hike (part 2 of the LDWA 4 walks Heritage Way) - To see more regarding these walks please see the LDWA Anytime Walks I've completed.

For more details regarding the reservoirs, water works and nature reserves please visit the following sites:

Top Hill Low Nature Reserve, Hull Valley Wildlife group, Yorkshire Water

The walk can be started at two locations where parking is available - The car park at Wilfholme Bridge (GR TA061 470) close to Three Jolly Tars Farm or at the waterworks itself (GR TA073 486).

From Three Jolly Tars Farm and crossing the bridge over Watton Beck, following the River Hull towards the first reservoir via a bridle way through Easingwold Plantation passing a number of hides positioned to get the best vantage points to observe the wild life occupying the wetlands.


*Low Top Nature Reserve

Passing the first reservoir the route continues on a straight path to the waterworks itself where the walk's other starting point at Tophill Low Bridge would start. From this point the footpath continues to Tophll Nature Reserve.

*Low Top reservoir

Passing the reserve the route meets up with the River Hull once again for a brief stretch where the river channels into the 'River Hull New Cut', a section of the water where a number of canal boats are moored. At GR TA078 505 take the footpath left passing an aqueduct until reaching GR TA072 504, taking a further left turn following a footpath heading towards Strandingholme Farm to GR TA062 495.

The route heads south until reaching Easingwold Farm passing the water works to the right onto the starting location by once again crossing the bridge at Three Jolly Tars Farm.

For further walks in the East Yorkshire area please select the link below to see my interactive walks map

Thixendale to Wharram Percy - The Yorkshire Wolds, East Yorkshire

This is a eight and a half mile walk visiting the wonderful village of Thixdendale and the interesting deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy (for all the history and details regarding this village please select here). 

The Main route detailed below is highlighted in BLACK however I've shown alternative routes in RED if a longer walk is preferred.

Thixendale Village

Although this walk can be started at a car park a mile from Wharram Percy itself, my recommendation would be to park within Thixendale (road side parking is available) and follow the route in a clockwise direction along well marked footpaths, taking in the rolling hills of the Yorkshire Wolds, including Deepdale, to the medieval village.

This walk meets and uses a number of East Yorkshires long distance walking routes, to which Thixdendale seems to be a hub for all of these, including The Yorkshire Wolds Way, Centenary Way and Chalklands Way – For further details regarding these routes please refer to my blog post ‘East Yorkshire Medium to Long distance paths’.

The view from Cow Wold back to Thixendale

Following the route clockwise the walk leaves Thixdendale heading up a steep climb at GR SE840 611 through Cow Wold to GR SE836 629 where the walk heads in an easterly direction passing North Plantation. The path sweeps left towards Wharram Percy following a gentle ascent down the valley at GR SE858 631 from where the medieval village church and the village lake can be seen for the first time.

Deepdale heading towards Wharram Percy

From Wharran Percy, using the public footpath to the left of the church, the route follows The Centenary Way at GR SE860 645 through Wharram Percy Wold to a Car Park close to Bella Farm. From the Car Park the walk heads south until GR SE868 634 where the route passes the southerly edge of Wharram Percy Wold heading back to Deepdale.

Path from Wharram Percy village to Bella Farm

At this point The Centenary Way can be followed all the way back to Thixendale remembering to turn left at GR SE848 628.

Wharram Percy Church

For a longer walk around this picturesque area please visit my East Yorkshire Page and (Walk No. C1 - 14.5 Miles) Millington Circular

For further walks in the East Yorkshire area please select the link below to see my interactive walks map

Mount Airy - South Cave, East Yorkshire

 

This is a smashing little three mile walk, suitable for all walking abilities, although not one for very small children, giving fantastic views over the picturesque village of South Cave, the Humber estuary and an unusual feature of a hill top airfield (if lucky enough you can also witness an aircraft either landing or taking off).

The circular walk has some very steep ascents/descents, however extremely pleasurable with the rewarding scenery. The entire walk should only take a couple of hours to complete, starting and ending at a parking area just outside of Brantingham village (Brantingham being a starting point for a few of my featured walks on this site - See the 'Walking Cave Man interactive walks map').

All Saints Church Brantingham

The walk starts at Grid Reference (GR) SE94353, about half a mile from Brantingham's 'All Saints Church' heading east along a public footpath, following the Yorkshire Wolds Way, passing between Ellerker North Wold and Waltham's Wold Plantation heading down to Woodale Farm.

Heading down to Woodale Farm along the Wolds Way heading to South Cave (Humber estuary in the background)

Heading right at Woodale Farm the route heads up a steep hill to Mount Airy Farm through Woodale Plantation to the highest part of the walk. The footpath at Mount Airy Farm splits, with one path passing through the Farm, although this route goes to the right heading towards the hill top airfield. 

Approaching Mount Air y Farm

From the airfield the path heads through Great Wold Plantation down a steep hill into South Cave where this route leaves the Yorkshire Wolds Way heading left towards the village center. 

Path leading from Mount Airy airfield to South Cave via 'Steep Hill' Lane

The walk starts it's return at this point - looking for a footpath on the right (this is just past Little Wold Lane), heading back up a steep hill to Mount Airy Farm, where the road to the farm meets the Yorkshire Wolds Way footpath (this being the junction where the path split to the airfield) retracing itself to the start of the walk.

Path from Mount Airy to Woodale Farm

Exciting walking around East Yorkshire with a difference

The Walking Cave Man Grid Hunts

The Walking Cave Man Grid Hunts

   

NEW TO THE WALKING CAVE MAN 'ACTIVITY BLOG'

A 'grid hunt' is basically a treasury hunt where walkers called 'Hunters' find and answer clues to complete a walk with the ultimate gold of discovering the walk password.

Hunters are only given a set of clues where grid references have to be worked out and followed throughout the walk, picking up additional clues required for remaining grid references and to identify the walk password.

By only gathering the correct information can the walk be completed and the walk password being correct (in the case of The Walking Cave Man Grid Hunts, the walk password being an email address) - Only when using the correct email address will a response be received back. All successful hunters will also be added to the walks 'Hall Of Fame'.

All hunts vary in length and are therefore suitable for a range of hunting ages, from Adults to families, the differences usually being the walk length and the clues required, therefore it's best to check the details of the hunt before setting off.

All Walking Cave Man hunts come with a brief hunt description (detailing walk length, time the hunt should take and a hunt difficulty). A help sheet will also be available in case navigation goes amiss or if clue can not be worked out.  

The first Walking Cave Man Grid Hunt is now available - Check this out and give it a go. More Grid Hunts are on the way so please keep checking for updates.

HAPPY HUNTING!

Yorkshire Wolds Walking and Outdoors Festival 2012

 A fantastic ‘Walking and Outdoor Festival’ was held in the Yorkshire Wolds last weekend (14^th to the 23^rd September 2012), in which over 25 different events were organised, showcasing the best the area has to offer in terms of wildlife and the countryside.

The festival brought together a large verity of activities ranging from strenuous walking (including different events such as ‘Nordic Walking across the Beverley Westwood’) to the more traditional moderate walks through The Wolds beautiful villages of South Cave & North Cave, Fridaythorpe, Thixendale and Millington to name a few.

A number of the shorter walks included activities for walkers to experience, including photography around Millington, bird watching with experts, ghost walks around Beverley and a rare opportunity to help make final yearly checks of bat boxes with the East Yorkshire Bat Group.

A number of events were also arranged to include all the family, ranging from survival skills in the outdoors, navigation for beginners and my boy’s own favourite, a GSP treasure hunt around Londesborough (made even more special for them as their pictures were taken to be included in next years festival leaflet … hopefully).    

Although pre-booking was essential on some of the events, a large number of activities were free of charge and open to everyone just to turn up and enjoy. Where costs had been applied these were extremely reasonable.

The full list and details of this year’s festival can be viewed here. Hopefully the festival will be held again next year, so will be looking forward to turning up and trying out some of the other events in 2013.

North Cave Royals U13 Football club sponsored walk

The North Cave Royals U13 Football Club completed a 15 mile sponsored walk on the 19th September 2012 following the Millington Circular Walk (Walk No. C1) - A tough walk for their age and therefore they fully deserve the sponsor money they have collected, which goes towards equipment for the team.

The team met at the North Cave playing field where everyone travelled in convoy to the starting point at the picnic area between Stamford Bridge and Fridaythorpe.

The walk started at 10.30 and finished 4.30 (6 hours in total) - a fantastic effort by everyone.

Having lunch at the half way point (Millington) and the extremely steep hill at Sylvan Dale

Ingleton Falls - The Yorkshire Dales

 

 

A fantastic walk around some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the Yorkshire Dales - The four mile routes takes between two to three hours to walk, however can be steep in parts and tricky if the paths are wet after rain (I would strongly recommend decent footwear). A great walk for the family.

Parking is available at the start of the walk, however there is an entrance fee (see the Ingleton for details however below are 2012 admission costs) - Please note that debt and credit cards are not taken and therefore ensure you have cash when you turn up (although there is a cash point machine in Ingleton if required).  

Further pictures can be view by following links on 'My Photos' tab or by going to my Flickr account.

Family Ticket	£11.00	2 adults and up to 3 children (under 16 years)
Adult Ticket	£5.00	16 years and over
Child Ticket	£2.00	Under 16 years

http://www.ingletonwaterfallstrail.co.uk/trails.php