Connect Swillington with Slow Ways
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West Yorkshire
Slow Ways linking Swillington and Castleford, Garforth, Kippax, Leeds, Rothwell (Yorkshire)
England / West Yorkshire / Swillington
Swillington’s five Slow Ways are 50% checked
Help connect Swillington
Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
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 Swillington from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Leeds—Swillington
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Leeswi one |
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U U |
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Survey me | Distance 12km/8mi | Ascent 74m | Descent 99m | ||
Rothwell (Yorkshire)—Swillington
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Rotswi one |
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3 X |
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Review me | Distance 7km/4mi | Ascent 73m | Descent 94m | ||
Swillington—Castleford
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Swicas one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 9km/5mi | Ascent 37m | Descent 76m | ||
Swillington—Garforth
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Swigar one |
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3 X |
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Review me | Distance 4km/3mi | Ascent 51m | Descent 43m | |
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Swillington—Kippax
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Swikip one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 4km/3mi | Ascent 71m | Descent 65m |
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Collective progress
60% of Swillington’s five route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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5 people have contributed to Swillington’s Slow Ways
0 people have pledged to walk and review a route
2 people have surveyed a route in Swillington
28km out of 36km have been walked and reviewed
56km of reviews have been shared in Swillington
Latest Updates
The road out of Swillington is quite unassuming, and the left turn easy to spot as it is more a paved road than a footpath....
Andyhoth
I walked on a fine Sunday, and the path is well used by cyclists, runners and walkers, a well established leisure route, providing for most part a hard surface to walk on, but there are sections of unpaved path which were muddy in places....
Jill Baggaley
Having retreated to Aberford Road, I followed the pavement to the Selby Road roundabout and the edge of Garforth, so I was unable to check whether the route south of Selby Road is affected by the housing development. An alleyway takes us off Selby Road, crossing a small recreation ground to Ringway, where we turn right and follow Lidgett Lane into the centre of Garforth....
Hugh Hudson
Beyond Bullough Lane the path is narrower, and it is necessary to use one of the short muddy paths right to reach Aberford Road via Pottery Lane - the canalside path goes under the road bridge. From here the main road has a good pavement, and we cross the Aire on a parallel footbridge and continue to the edge of the wood on the right, where we cross to the lane half right, then take an obvious path left to reach Swillington, where the meeting point by the church is a short distance right up Aberford Road....
Hugh Hudson
Very peaceful along the side of the river and canal with a long, steep set of steps in the middle near Thwaite Mill....
Ross
Good facilities at both ends with street footway or compacted paths along the route....
Ross
Rendering route complete route unsuitable for wheelchairs or non-traditional bicycles....
Alteredbeast
Slow Ways added Rotswi one, a new walk from Rothwell (Yorkshire) to Swillington
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Swicas one, a new walk from Swillington to Castleford
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Swigar one, a new walk from Swillington to Garforth
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Swikip one, a new walk from Swillington to Kippax
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Swillington’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SE3850030430
Lat / Lon
53.76882° / -1.41739°
Easting / Northing
438,500E / 430,430N
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Fancy stretching your legs a bit more?
If you’ve polished off all of the routes between Swillington and its neighbours, how about walking its whole web?
This includes the great ring of routes that join its neighbours to each other!
Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Swillington's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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