Route: The Humber Bridge
Area: East Yorkshire
Date of walk: 21st January 2014
Walkers: Andrew
Distance: 2.5 miles
Ascent: 100 feet
I must have driven under and over the Humber Bridge hundreds if not thousands of times, so I tend to take it for granted. Every so often it’s worth a proper visit so as to appreciate what an incredible feat of civil engineering it is, as well as a thing of great beauty
This was more of a meander than a walk – it’s best to make up the walk as you go along, and there are plenty of information boards and signs pointing out where to go and what to do
Today I parked at Hessle Foreshore and walked under the bridge – a fantastic spectacle from underneath – and then through the adjoining country park
With a bit more time to spare, I’d have walked across the bridge to the South bank, and then back along the other side. This is a walk of 2.5 miles in itself, and the bridge remains the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world that one can cross on foot or by bicycle. As it was, I wandered out for a short distance and came back again
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The start of the walk at Hessle Foreshore
It’s also the start of the Wolds Way, a long distance path over the Wolds to Filey
The path follows the shoreline and passes underneath the bridge
Hessle Whiting Mill
Walking out of the park to the path over the Humber Bridge
Looking back over the Humber Bridge Country Park
These cables are holding us up!
Walking above the A63
Viewing platform
I retraced my steps at this point
The ground wobbles whenever a lorry passes, which is slightly disconcerting
Looking west
Dramatic sky as I walk back under the bridge
Looking east towards Hull from the start of the walk
Humber Bridge Country Park
