Brigantes Walking Holidays & Baggage Courier

(Pennine Way, Dales Way & The North of England)

The Yorkshire Wolds Way

Total distance 79 miles/127km, starting at Hessle, and finishing in Filey.

Depending on your walking pace, fitness, and how much you want to see along the way, allow between four and seven days to complete it.

The Wolds Way is probably the least well-know of our national Trails, but its very quietness and lack of commercialism are proving to be its principal attributes. The route, which follows the crescent of chalk uplands stretching from Hessle on the banks of the Humber in the South, northwards to Filey Brigg, was designated a national trail more than 21 years ago. In the nearby Dales, and the North York Moors National Parks, footpath erosion is a growing problem, but here, meeting a fellow walker is rare enough to be an event, There are big fields on the Wold tops, and enormous skies, but when you drop into dry valleys, you enter a different world. A walk along the Wolds Way is a completely different experience to what is found in the Lakes or the Dales, and this walk is ideal for those looking for what they hope will be gentler introduction to multi-day walking. The Yorkshire Wolds Way offers good walking for anyone, It is relatively low level, and definitely not a ”challenge” walk, but a satisfying experience, and a good holiday.

The usual time taken to complete this walk is six days, but we can arrange your holiday to suite your requirements, however for your guidance, our standard package is as follows:

Day 1. Commence the walks in Hessle on the banks of the Humber, with the first night spent in south cave (12miles)

Day 2. South Cave to Market Weighton (12miles)

Day 3. Market Weighton to Fridaythirpe (16miles)

Day 4. Fridaythorpe to Wintringham (16miles)

Day 5. Wintringham ro Ganton (10miles)

Day 6. Ganton to Filey (13miles) with the last nights accommodation here.

Our package provides accommodation in hotels, pubs and b&bs on a bed and breakfast basis and includes the daily door to door transfer of your baggage.

The guide book recommended for this walk is published by Aurum Press, entitled “Yorkshire Wolds Way”, and costs £12.99. In addition, an excellent Accommodation and Information Guide costs 95p is available from footpath officer Malcolm Hodgson c/o, North Yorks Moors National Park Authority, Helmsley – phone 01439-770657

Should you prefer to make your own arrangements for your accommodation in this walk, our baggage courier service will lighten your load by undertaking your daily baggage transfers at competitive rates. We have our own dedicated vehicle and driver who lives in the area and whose knowledge of the route can be relied upon.