Best walks from Normanton
MapJump on a train, get off at Normanton Station and lose yourself in a beautiful hike for the day.
Normanton Station to Featherstone Station
A fairly direct, mostly low-level route mixing pedestrianised streets and pavements with field paths. Some grassy paths are rutted and can get waterlogged in wet weather and there is a short road section without pavement.
Easy: 6km, moderate ascents.
Take care crossing the bypass: it is wide with no central refuge. Mill Lane has no pavement or walkable verge, though it is quiet. One stile and a flight of steps en route.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Wakefield Westgate Station to Normanton Station
A walk that follows the river out of the Calder valley on the signposted TransPennine Trail, then through a country park with parkland paths, fields and lakeside tracks. The western part is on good paths; finding the right paths becomes tricky once away from the valley and with one section that can flood. Follows the signposted TransPennine Trail along the river. The Normanton meeting point has several benches.
Easy: 8km, moderate ascents.
One slightly flooded section could be impassable in wetter conditions. Paths in the eastern half are hard to find and do not match the rights of way.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Normanton Station to Castleford Station
Easy: 8km, moderate ascents.