Walks near Beverley by train

Gentle, flat River Hull valley farmland: the lakes, hides and ponds of Tophill Low nature reserve and the dykes around Cranswick.

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Very flat and close to the river, so can be muddy after heavy rain. Listen for traffic on the narrow lanes.

Walk details: Yorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership (PDF).

Flat Driffield Canal towpath with two-hundred-year-old relics, dyke and field paths and a village pub at Wansford.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be muddy after heavy rain. Take care on the road section before Wansford and at the railway crossings.

Walk details: Yorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership (PDF).

Quiet lanes, field paths, a broad beach walk along Filey Bay, the smart seafront town and Filey Brigg.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Check tide times; the sea reaches the cliffs at high tide and covers Filey Brigg. Do not attempt cliff descents to the beach.

Walk details: Yorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership (PDF).

Recommended: Mainly high along the clifftops of the Yorkshire coast path.

Coastal: nine tenths along the coast.

Time: 8h (6h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Lunch: Cafés at tourist hotspots along the way.

Walk details: Railwalks.

Recommended: A walk with some climbing, taking the beach to avoid going inland at Hunmanby.

Coastal: four fifths along the coast.

Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Railwalks.

Reverse direction: Yorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership (PDF).

Recommended: A walk with a fair amount of climbing and descending.

Coastal: almost all along the coast.

Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: A fair amount of climbing and descending.

Walk details: Railwalks.

Similar walk: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Reverse direction: Yorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership (PDF).

Recommended: Great views. Very flat and easy walking: a canal towpath, a good-surfaced path across a former airfield, then open countryside, lanes and tracks and a flood bank and a bridge over the River Aire. Just short stretches of busy and verge-only road. Follows the Trans Pennine Trail across Burn Airfield, which has benches and interpretation boards; you may see gliders taking off and landing.

Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: A short stretch of busy road at the start, and a section of roadside walking with no pavement on a straight part of Hirst Road. Snaith has only around three trains a day.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Recommended: An enjoyable route that is remote in parts.

Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Remote in parts.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 8h30 (6h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Stunning views. A walk of two parts: a steep, exposed coastal cliff path with narrow paths through scrubby woods, field edges and open paths and then an inland section of wide farm tracks and quiet roads with wide verges. A steep staircase up onto the cliffs and very steep ground up to the trig point and Bempton; probably muddy in winter. The RSPB site at Bempton offers superb seabird watching (gannets, razorbills, puffins, fulmars); bring binoculars. Follows the King Charles III England Coast Path along the cliffs.

Coastal: three fifths along the coast.

Time: 8h (6h walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)

Lunch: A tea shop near Bempton village and a pub at a coastal housing development en route.

Warnings: Part of the path up to the trig point and Bempton cliffs is very steep (100%+), with steps kicked into the turf; in very wet or windy weather it may require a scramble. The route is open to the elements.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Coastal: half along the coast.

Maister House (National Trust; 1h15 in)

Time: 3h (1h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Half urban.

Walk details: Railwalks.