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Diane S.
A winter circular 7 mile walk in and around Wetherby / Kirk Deighton and Stockeld & Linton . Taking in the lower Wharfe valley. Maybe muddy and slippery in part it does involve a bit of road walking . Suitable for dogs on leads.
Start from the old station car park just off Linton road -( parking fees of £2.15 a day are in place ). There are public facilities in the town centre ( the shambles’s). About 5 minutes walk away.
Given the bank holiday and Wetherby races it may be busy with traffic . Limited bus service operating 99, nu 7 and nu 98 .
The walk starts taking you through various housing estates in Wetherby down grassy ginnels until we reach the disused railway. We turn left then right shortly after towards Kirk Deighton . We go along a muddy path that does get slippery in wet weather. After passing the public house in Kirk Deighton, turn left and follow the quiet meandering road to a track that gives fine views of Spofforth on a nice day . We cross a wooden footbridge and go over the disused railways way straight through Stockeld Grange to the Harrogate-road. Here we turn left and walk quarter of a mile on the grass verge towards Wetherby, then cross the road carefully, to follow on track on the right through Stockeld Lodge farm . Invariably they have dogs 🐕 keeping guard . You will need to keep your dog on a lead through the farm area and by the roads . It leads to Sicklinghall road where we do a dogleg- left then right down Northgate lane , a quiet road but where cars tend to speed- making our way towards Linton village, and then back towards by Wetherby via the golf course and the river ,where refreshments can hopefully be had in the town centre.
Old station road car park just off Linton road Wetherby LS22 6YR
