Walks you can reach from Micklefield by train

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.

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.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Recommended: An enjoyable route that is remote in parts.

Warnings: Remote in parts.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 2h

Walk details: Railwalks.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Great view of Leeds from the top of the rise. A mix of rural and urban with great views towards Leeds: downhill through Morley, residential streets, the last few fields before the city, then past White Rose, along a busy ring road, up to Beeston and a high ridge with a steep grassy drop to a footbridge over the M621, through Holbeck, a final canal- and riverside approach with steps up to the station. Plenty of steps and some uneven and steep footpaths.

Warnings: Steps and some uneven, steep footpaths; a steep grassy bank drops to the M621 footbridge. A busy ring road to walk along by White Rose.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Varied and largely flat: road out of Gilberdyke, then a grassy raised canal path past water channels and ponds, a quiet tarmac lane, hardcore gravel and field edges and finishing on a grassy raised path between the railway and the Humber. Follows the well-signposted Market Weighton Canal path and joins the Humber estuary walk. Connects with Broomfleet village for a stop. The route ends at Brough station, not the town centre, so walk into Brough for shops and refreshments.

Lunch: Quick stop possible at Broomfleet village mid-route.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A lengthy walk out through Beverley's suburbs to Figham Common, then a riverside path along the River Hull, before following the main Beverley Road into the centre of Hull. Lots of kissing gates and stiles and with a main-road section (with pavement) at Thearne. Passes the only remaining World War 2 bombed-out building in the UK, a former cinema on Beverley Road undergoing restoration.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A mostly arable route along back lanes and field paths. Largely flat. Fields can get very boggy after rain and making footing difficult. Passes through Burn and Kellington.

Warnings: Several road crossings are on busy main roads with no footpaths. Multiple barriers to entry. Can be very boggy and slippery underfoot after rain. Can be muddy.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A largely level route out of the city, starting along the River Aire and city-centre bridges, following National Cycle Route 66 through industrial estates, then skirting Temple Newsam park (the loveliest part, light woodland and grass), with a super-muddy section along Beech Walk and meandering paths through Millennium Wood before the village of Garforth. Mostly wide and weatherproof paths with two stiles; some hills; concrete-heavy around the Thorpe Park shopping centre. Generally follows National Cycle Route 66 with handy signposts; mostly off-road (80-90%). Crosses the A1(M) by footbridge; the Springs / Thorpe Park retail park has places to eat and drink mid-route. Extensive woodland.

Lunch: Places to eat and drink at the Thorpe Park / Springs retail park mid-route.

Warnings: A super-muddy section along Beech Walk near North Plantation; two stiles; a diversion is needed just before Thorpe Park (easy reroute via a short stretch of bridleway); the section south of Halton Moor needs care.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A varied route along the Humber Estuary, mostly a single riverbank path on grassy flood-defence track, with a beach-and-large-stones section at Ferriby Foreshore. It can be very muddy and tide times are critical: at high tide a long inland diversion via the Yorkshire Wolds Way through Long Plantation woodlands is needed. A step up near the Humber Bridge. The high-tide alternative follows the Yorkshire Wolds Way; the Transpennine Trail offers a route for wheels and pushchairs. Sturdy boots or wellingtons with gaiters advised; tide times available via BBC Look North. A Bronze Age boat replica outline and information board are at North Ferriby. Toilets by the Black Mill.

1 end-of-walk reward: the Country Park Inn

Warnings: Tide times are essential to check. The Ferriby Foreshore section is only passable at low tide and involves walking on the beach and large stones, unsuitable for less mobile walkers; storms can leave debris. At high tide a major diversion via the Yorkshire Wolds Way (poorly signposted, with road walking) is required. Very muddy after rain. Few rest stops or shelter. The pedestrian walkway disappears by the pub under the Humber Bridge, so watch for cars.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A largely off-road riverside route on a well-maintained tarmac path with views over the Humber and passing derelict dockside buildings; the path degrades to single earth-and-stone track in places. A grassy/wetland patch is densely overgrown with nettles and thorns (wear long trousers); exposed and windy by the river. Set to become part of the King Charles III England Coast Path. The overgrown section near Hessle is cut back some years to protect an insect that lives in the undergrowth. Achieves a largely traffic-free route into the city centre.

Warnings: A long section runs right alongside the busy A63 / Clive Sullivan Way dual carriageway, separated only by a flimsy wooden barrier, which is loud and feels unsafe; an overgrown nettle-and-bramble section near Hessle (wear long trousers); the area around the derelict St Andrew's Docks has broken glass, torn metal and debris, and the dock crossing/bridge at the end may be closed, forcing an inland diversion.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Reverse direction: Railwalks.