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WALK 8 - Beacon Banks, Husthwaite and Kilburn Location: Coxwold is situated 6 miles (9.5km) south-west of Helmsley.
Start/Parking:
Coxwold, there is a small car park behind the village hall.
Grid
Ref: 536773. Distance:
8.5 miles (13.5km) circular. Allow 4½ hrs walking time.
OS
Maps: Pathfinder 642 (1:25,000) or Landranger 100 (1:50,000). Refreshments: The Fauconberg at Coxwold and the Forester’s Arms at Kilburn.
Public
Toilets: Coxwold and Kilburn.
Other:
Shops, Post Office, telephone, Shandy Hall, Newburgh Priory, The Mouseman Visitor Centre. 1 (GR 536 773)) From the car park entrance turn left and follow the road. At the crossroads go straight across and continue along the road towards Easingwold.
2 GR 533 767) About 100 yards (91m) outside the village boundary leave the road via a gate on the left (Waymark), cross a bridge and follow the right boundary to cross another bridge in the far right corner. Turn left and continue along the left hedge to a gate. 3 (GR 534 761) Go through the gate and climb towards the top right corner of the field. Go over a stile and climb up to another stile leading onto a rough tarmacked road at High Leys Farm. Turn right and follow the road. 4 (GR 534 755) Leave the road (SP Public Footpath) and head towards Beacon Banks Wood on the right. Turn left and follow a clear path alongside the woodland through two large fields to the OS column. Stay close to the right fence and descend via four gates to the road near Husthwaite. 5 (GR 522 749) Turn right and descend into Husthwaite. At the T-junction turn left into High Street and continue through the village to St Nicholas’s Church. 6 (GR 518 751) Just past the church turn right (SP Public Footpath) and follow a clear track leading round to a gate. Go through the gate, bear left and go through another gate. Descend gradually along the fence and go through a gap in the hedge onto the road. 7 (GR 518 756) Turn left and follow the road, crossing Elphin Beck and the dismantled railway. Continue along the road for about 0.5 mile (0.8km) 8 (GR 514 761) Just past the driveway to Angram Hall, leave the road via a gate on the right (SP Public Bridleway). Head towards a tree near the centre of the field. Turn left and using two more trees as waymarks continue across the field. Go through a gate and follow the right hedge passing through two hedgerows. 9 (GR 513 767) Climbing slightly head to the right of Angram Grange. Go through a gate to the right of the farm, turn right and follow the farm lane to the main road. 10 (GR 517 772) Cross the road and follow the right boundary across two fields. Go through a gate and follow a fenced/enclosed track up to Wildon Grange. 11 (GR 516 781) Turn right and pass between the farm buildings. Turn left between the barns and go through a gate. Follow a rough track between the fence and the beck. 12 (GR 517 785) Go through a gate on the right (Waymark) and cross the footbridge. Turn left and continue over a stile in the left corner of the field. Follow a narrow fenced path over two more stiles. Continue alongside the beck to Low Kilburn Grange 13 (GR 515 788) Go over a stile and cross the beck via a concrete bridge. Turn right and continue through the farmyard. Return to the beck and continue alongside it through gates and stiles to the main road. Turn left and follow the road to the village square. 14 (GR 513 796) At the village square go through the gate into St Mary’s churchyard and head towards a white kissing gate in the far right corner. Continue along an enclosed track through two gates and follow a narrow fenced path climbing uphill. 15 (GR 516 797) Go through a gate leading onto the road at High Kilburn. Turn left and follow the road past the village green and descend to a sharp left bend. 16 (GR 520 795) Leave the road and follow an enclosed farm lane through two gates to Weatherill’s Barn. Continue through another gate, turn left and follow the fence. 17 (GR 523 793) Cross a wooden stile, turn right and follow an enclosed track leading onto a quiet lane. Turn right and follow the lane past Kilburn Thicket and Fox Folly Farm. 18 (GR 529 784) Leave the road via a stile on the left (SP Footpath). Continue along the right boundary to a footbridge. Cross the footbridge and follow the right hedge across two fields (crossing another footbridge). Go through a gap in the hedge, turn left (SP Coxwold) and continue along the hedge. 19 (GR 532 780) Turn right (SP Coxwold) and climb up to go through a gap in the hedge. Follow the right hedge and go through a gate. Head straight across Town’s Pasture and go through a white kissing gate leading to the main road just outside Coxwold 20 (GR 530 773) Turn left and descend along the road through the village to the road junction. Turn left and return to the car park behind the village hall. |
