Route: Thixendale
Area: North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire Wolds
Date of walk: 20th April 2013
Walkers: Andrew and Gilly
Distance: 10.6 miles
Ascent: 900 feet
The boundary between East and North Yorkshire bisects this route, which is a circular one starting from the remote village of Thixendale. We weren’t following a guidebook – the day before I’d simply joined up some dotted lines and paths on the OS map to make a circular walk from the village, and what a great route it proved to be
We parked next to the Cross Keys Inn and joined the Chalkland Way. The route took us along hidden valleys, quiet country lanes and through fields, until we eventually met the Yorkshire Wolds Way which took us back into Thixendale village.
The scenery was varied and stunningly beautiful throughout. The weather was lovely too, and despite the fact that this was a Saturday we only saw two other couples along the way
This was a really memorable walk – no wonder David Hockney likes these parts
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Click on the icon below for the route map (subscribers to OS Maps can view detailed maps of the route, visualise it in aerial 3D, and download the GPX file. Non-subscribers will see a base map)
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St Mary’s Church Thixendale at the start of the walk
Leaving the village
We soon leave the quiet road out of Thixendale and join the Chalkland Way
The Chalkland Way
Further along the way
Climbing out of the dale
Out of the dale now, and walking across chalk farmland
The Vale of York - it was a bit hazy, but a stunning view all the same
Towards the Vale of York again - I could just see York Minster through my binoculars
Chalk farmland
Bonnie was loving this
Walking along Open Dale on the approach to Kirby Underdale, the halfway point
All Saints Church in Kirby Underdale, set in a lovely location
All Saints Church again - we wandered into the village, which is completely unspoilt - not a solar panel or satellite dish in sight
Thixendale Wold
Bonnie finds somewhere to cool down
Thixendale, along the Wolds Way
Back in Thixendale we had some refreshments at the Cross Keys Inn, then drove home, taking care to avoid the free range children
