Cothul one

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Cothul One
Leaving Cottingham railway station southwards, across Thwaite St and on to Snuff Mill Lane. The suburban lane becomes a grassy footpath to the pedestrian level crossing. After the crossing, the lane gives vehicular access to the cottages near the crossing and has patches of gravel. At the end of the lane, opposite the pub, turn right onto Bricknell Avenue. At the next right turn into the housing estate and make you way westwards until you spy the railway track.
Follow the track until you reach a small drain then turn left along the bank until you cross a main road. Keep following the shortcut footpaths until the pavement starts. Keep moving east until you reach Chanterlands Avenue turn right and go under the railway bridge. Follow the Avenue until you reach the dual carriageway section, the gate to the Cemetery is about half way along. Wander through the wooded cemetery until you come to a T junction. Cross to the southern side of Spring Bank when you have the chance. Keep heading eastwards until you reach West Parade and turn right onto a small street which then becomes cycle paths and what is locally known as ‘Tenfoots’ - access to garages etc. After the ‘Tenfoots’ you are near the city centre.
Head for Portland Street and it will take you to Ferensway. Turn right and Hull Station is ahead of you after the St Stephens Shopping Centre.

Cothul one
On leaving Cottingham Station head southwards to Snuff Mill Lane. The original snuff mill has been converted into a 3 storey residence. After the railway crossing the rough land to the south is the remnants of the ‘Greenbelt’ between Cottingham Village and Hull. On Chanterlands Avenue railway bridge walls there is an interesting ‘interpretation’ on a mural. The route towards the city centre passes the Zoological Pub so named because of the Zoo which used to be nearby. Several of the streets off Springbank have sculptures of animals on display. As you near the city centre on Portland Street you will do a ‘close encounter’ with the Milky Way!! So called because the HQ of Northern Dairy was on the site before redevelopment of the area for the St Stephens Shopping Centre.

This is a pleasant urban walk but I'm not sure it follows the slow ways brief. In essence this route is a direct route that includes 3 diversions that allow the walker to follow green corridors that are OK but not necessarily worth the extra distance. I think that the diversions would also be difficult for wheels.

The first section is mostly through the residential outskirts of Cottingham. Soon after you pass the Snuff Mill, I kid you not :), the path becomes a track which is uneven and unsurfaced. This route was muddy when walked and although I avoided the worst of it wheeled users would find it difficult to do so. You then encounter a foot crossing of the Hull to Scarborough railway line. This leads you to an unmade road that had a couple of muddy spots that even I couldn't avoid.

You are now on Bricknell Ave [ ///slowly.jelly.bind ] and wheel users have the opportunity to get here using road side footpaths if they follow Thwaite St at [ ///unique.dices.vibe ].

After following Bricknell Ave for a while you turn right and walk through a housing estate [ ///happy.yappy.eager ]. This leads to a footpath that follows the railway. The first part of this path is surfaced but that gives way to an unsurfaced route that was very muddy, when walked. I think the muddy section would be quite unpleasant for anyone using wheels.

You now follow a drain on an unsurfaced path until you reach residential streets that lead you to [///friend.birds.mobile ]. Wheel users have the opportunity to get here using road side footpaths if they follow Bricknell Ave, and Chanterlands Ave.

You follow Chanterlands Ave until you reach the Cemetery. The section through the cemetery includes reasonable and unmade footpaths but they were dry and easily passable even following wet weather. The path through the cemetery is worth a visit as it is very atmospheric, especially the Quaker burial ground (the last section).

Once again wheel users can continue on Chanterlands Ave and then follow Spring Bank West.

You follow Spring Bank for a while and then head through a mixture of residential and business areas until arriving on Ferensway. I have to say that I didn’t feel entirely comfortable in this area and on reflection I would suggest continuing on Spring Bank until it meets Ferensway.

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