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Welcome to Wicstun
The mediaeval town now known as
Market Weighton - The Heart of East Yorkshire
750 Years a Market Town, 1251 - 2001
Walking, Rambling and Cycling in The Market Weighton Area
Because of Market Weighton's position at the edge of the Wolds, it is within easy reach of the many public footpaths and rights of way to be found in East Yorkshire. These include two long distance footpaths, the Yorkshire Wolds Way and the Minster Way, and the shorter Hudson Way. The North Sea Cycle Route - Route 66 also passes through the town.
The Yorkshire Wolds Way
The Wolds Way which was opened on 2nd October 1982 is a 79 mile, long distance path starting at Hessle Haven on the Humber, and finishing at the cliffs above Filey on the East Riding coast.
The path was originally an idea of the
Rambler's Association in 1967. The first section, a 4 mile
stretch through Goodmanham and Londesborough, opened in 1973.
The complete route was not finally proposed by the Countryside
Commission until 1977, and the full length of the path eventually
became a reality on 2nd October 1982.
It approaches Market Weighton from the South, arriving at Arras Hill when it takes a North Westerley direction towards Goodmanham. Just after the path crosses the Market Weighton to South Dalton road one can either continue to the villages of Goodmanham and then Londesborough, or take an alternative route to visit Market Weighton using the Hudson Way.
Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map
service.
Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance
Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern
Ireland
Once in the town refreshment may be taken at one of the several inns, or other establishments offering light refreshment. The route to the Wolds Way follows York Road to the West, and then to the North at the edge of the town boundary where a new gate and sign direct the walker across land belonging to Bridge Farm (named after the railway bridge which used to stand nearby).
| The route passes through Weighton Clay Field then crosses the A614 Howden to Bridlington road, and on through Towthorpe Grange farm. The path eventually enters Londesborough Park where the Wolds Way is rejoined. |  |
For those wishing to explore further, and perhaps walk the whole
of the Wolds Way, the full route together with some excellent maps is given
in the publication "Wolds Way" by Roger Ratcliffe.
Ordnance Survey maps:- Ordnance Survey Explorer 293, 294, 300 & 301
Useful Links
The
Yorkshire Wolds Way
National Trails
The Ramblers Association
The
Ramblers Association - Info on The Wolds Way
The Countryside Agency
Last revision : 7 November, 2007
Wolds Way by Roger Ratcliffe
Published by Aurum Press, in association with the Countryside Commission and
the Ordnance Survey, 1992
ISBN 1 85410 189 7
Yorkshire Wolds Way Accommodation Guide (E Yorks & Derwent Area).
95p + SAE from Mrs S M Smith, 65 Ormonde Avenue, Kingston upon Hull HU6 7LT.
Londesborough
History of an east Yorkshire Estate Village
By David Neave with drawings by Neil Thwaites
Published by Londesborough Silver Jubilee Committee, 1977
Reprinted 1994 by Horsley & Dawson Ltd., Driffield, East Yorkshire