Route: Hackness
Area: North Yorkshire
Date of walk: 16th November 2017
Walkers: Andrew and Gilly
Distance: 4.9 miles
Ascent: 600 feet
Weather: Sunny
We started today’s walk from Derwent View Hackness – for anyone not staying at the cottage a convenient starting point would be the car park of the nearby village hall.
We walked out of the village along the road to Forge Valley, with the River Derwent close by on our right. After passing Mill Farm we left the road to join a public footpath which climbs uphill and then follows the foot of Walker Flat Wood. The views from the elevated path along the valley are wonderful along this section of the walk, and get better and better as the route passes above St Peter’s Church and Hackness Hall
Just beyond the hall we descended to the valley road but within the space of a few yards left it again to climb up through Greengate Wood. On leaving the wood we joined a track which took us along the tabular top of Suffield Heights and through Suffield Ings. We then descended through Hawthorn Wood and just after leaving the wood enjoyed a surprise view of Scarborough Castle and the North Sea 5 miles away to the east
The elevated path gradually descended to the road, and from here we followed the road back to the start, passing by the Everley Country House Café as we did so. It was a superb walk in lovely late autumn conditions
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Last of the autumn leaves in the garden
Derwent View Hackness at the start of today's walk
The River Derwent on the other side of the road
We walk out of Hackness
The Village Hall (the starting point for anyone not staying at Derwent View)
Leaving Hackness...
We leave the road here to climb up Everley Banks
View back along the road
We'd passed by the row of cottages middle right at the start of the walk
Coomb Hill
St Peter's Church comes into view
Looking across the lake in the grounds of Hackness Hall
St Peter's Church again amidst a blaze of late autumn colour
Two more of the church...
...and now with Hackness Hall in the picture
We descend towards the valley road below
One last view of St Peter's and Hackness Hall - a quintessentially English scene
We reach the valley road and follow it for a few yards...
....before climbing up through Greengate Wood
We pass by an old lime kiln
We emerge from the wood onto Suffield Heights
We follow the farm track
Further along the tabular hill top
The path passes to the left of Suffield Ings
Beyond Suffield Ings
Zooming in on Scarborough Castle and the North Sea
The path descends through Hawthorn Wood
Leaving the wood
The North Sea again in the distance
Mowthorpe Farm and the Sea Cut below
We contour round the hill and follow the line of the fence by Everley Bank Wood...
The path passes by a couple of old cottages in Everley...
We arrive at the Hackness road
The Everley - a good place to pause for refreshments
The remainder of the walk - about 15 minutes - is along the road, but it's not particularly busy
As we pass by Mill Farm the circuit is complete and it just remains to retrace our steps back through Hackness
We call in to say hello to our friend Ivy who is restoring a vintage Massey Ferguson tractor
Back to Derwent View and the end of a wonderful walk
