Yorkshire Wolds Way

Yorkshire Wolds Way
Yorkshire Wolds Way sign at Market Weighton
Length	79 mi (127 km)
Location	Yorkshire, England
Designation	UK National Trail
Trailheads	Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire 53°43′26″N 0°26′10″W / 53.724°N 0.436°W / 53.724; -0.436 Filey, North Yorkshire 54°12′36″N 0°17′31″W / 54.210°N 0.292°W / 54.210; -0.292
Use	Hiking
Season	All year

National Trails
Acorn symbol used to guide the route of National Trails
England Cleveland Way Coast to Coast Cotswold Way England Coast Path Hadrian's Wall Path North Downs Way Peddar's Way and Norfolk Coast Path Pennine Bridleway The Ridgeway South Downs Way South West Coast Path (longest) Thames Path Yorkshire Wolds Way (shortest)
Wales Glyndŵr's Way Pembrokeshire Coast Path
Cross-border Offa's Dyke Path (Wales and England) Pennine Way (Scotland and England)
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The Yorkshire Wolds Way is a National Trail in Yorkshire, England. It runs 79 miles (127 km) from Hessle to Filey, around the Yorkshire Wolds. At Filey Brigg, it connects with the Cleveland Way, another National Trail. In 2007 the Yorkshire Wolds Way celebrated the 25th anniversary of its official opening which took place on 2 October 1982.^[1]

Hessle

South Cave

Wharram Percy

Millington

Market Weighton

Sherburn

Filey

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Common stops along the Yorkshire Wolds Way

The route of the Yorkshire Wolds Way passes close to or through the following places:

Places in italics are slightly off the main route.

Yorkshire Wolds Way, a 2017 two-part BBC television documentary, features a journey along the Yorkshire Wolds Way. Presenter Paul Rose describes the trail as "arguably Britain's least well-known national walking trail". The documentary was first broadcast in January 2017.^[2][3]

The Hardmoors Race Series features ultramarathons based on the Yorkshire Wolds Way and Cleveland Way. Included in the series is the Hardwolds 80-mile race comprising the entire length of the Yorkshire Wolds Way.^[4]

• Long-distance footpaths in the UK

• Walking The Wolds Way, David Clensy, 2007. ISBN 978-1-4303-1019-8
• Yorkshire Wolds Way, Roger Ratcliffe, 2011. Official National Trail Guide. ISBN 978-1-84513-643-7

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yorkshire Wolds Way.

• Yorkshire Wolds Way – National Trails official site
• Yorkshire Wolds Way – the Ramblers
• The Long Distance Walkers Association
• Walk the Yorkshire Wolds Way