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Helmsley

North Yorkshire


Slow Ways linking Helmsley and Chop Gate, Easingwold, Hovingham, Kirkbymoorside, Thirsk

England / North Yorkshire / Helmsley

Helmsley’s five Slow Ways are 40% checked

Drawn: 5/5
reviewed: 3/5
verified: 0/5
and surveyed: 0/5

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Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.

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Walk to Helmsley from further afield

Slow Way Route To do
Chop Gate—Helmsley
Chohel one Pioneer me Distance 22km/13mi Ascent 513m Descent 623m
Easingwold—Helmsley
Eashel one Pioneer me Distance 28km/17mi Ascent 392m Descent 371m
Helmsley—Hovingham
Helhov one Review me Distance 14km/9mi Ascent 122m Descent 98m
Helmsley—Kirkbymoorside
Helkir one

Review me Distance 14km/9mi Ascent 248m Descent 238m
Thirsk—Helmsley
Thihel one Review me Distance 23km/15mi Ascent 468m Descent 492m
Thirsk—Helmsley
Thihel two Review me Distance 23km/14mi Ascent 617m Descent 640m

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Collective progress

42% of Helmsley’s five route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified

6/6

drawn

4/6

reviewed

0/6

surveyed

0/6

verified

5 people have contributed to Helmsley’s Slow Ways

3 people have pledged to walk and review a route

0 people have surveyed a route in Helmsley

74km out of 124km have been walked and reviewed

102km of reviews have been shared in Helmsley

Latest Updates

Alasdair Thorpe took this photo on Helhov one

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The route drops then down to Nunnington (Nunnington Hall is a National Trust property and the Old Yard Coffee Shop is a lovely place for refreshments). You encounter the River Rye for the first time at Nunnington before heading north along Canada Lane towards Harome. You can then follow the footpath across the fields towards Helmsley or cut under the railway bridge (631826) and follow the path on the north bank of the River Rye. The alternative route along the bank of the River Rye also merges into Sawmill Lane....

Alasdair Thorpe

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Luckily, we had GPS and used OS maps to help us navigate as there were times in the journey that it was used as it wasn’t clear from the marked route as to where the path went. Additionally, just before this there was a detour to the route as the public footpath across a field was a building site that we had to walk around it – on a route that was obviously used by some dog walkers. A nice enough walk but could do with clearer footpath markings and the route needs a little bit of amending to deal with the obstructions that we met....

Julie Foster

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Combination of woodland, open grassland, some crop fields and occasional country roads....

Karen Hunt

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One gate on the recommended route was padlocked , there is an alternative route which would have taken the walker to the same point without having to go through this locked gate....

Caroline Horsley

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Caroline Horsley took this photo on Helkir one

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Thirsk—Helmsley

Tim Ryan added Thihel two, a new walk from Thirsk to Helmsley

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The section between Green Lane and Thirsk during my visit posed a couple of problems, but nothing that couldn't be overcome....

Tim Ryan

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Photos are of Thirsk Market Place, Green Lane, Cold Kirby and the view from Whitestone Cliff....

Tim Ryan

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Chop Gate—Helmsley

Slow Ways added Chohel one, a new walk from Chop Gate to Helmsley

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Easingwold—Helmsley

Slow Ways added Eashel one, a new walk from Easingwold to Helmsley

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Helmsley—Hovingham

Slow Ways added Helhov one, a new walk from Helmsley to Hovingham

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Helmsley—Kirkbymoorside

Slow Ways added Helkir one, a new walk from Helmsley to Kirkbymoorside

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Thirsk—Helmsley

Slow Ways added Thihel one, a new walk from Thirsk to Helmsley

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Helmsley, Fri 29 March

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Helmsley’s Slow Ways starting point

Grid ref

SE6126983800

Lat / Lon

54.24624° / -1.06127°

Easting / Northing

461,269E / 483,800N

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