Walks you can reach from Streethouse by train
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Featherstone Station to Castleford Station (Yorkshire)
4m direct from Streethouse.
A largely step-free, fairly clear route on roads, paths and through a pair of parks, with a brief stretch of industrial ground between them. A field path leads out of Featherstone and the road into central Castleford is quite long.
Easy: 7km, moderate ascents.
The path runs close beside the M62 for about ten minutes, with heavy traffic noise; you are safely behind a hedge.
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Featherstone Station to South Elmsall Station (Yorkshire)
4m direct from Streethouse.
14km. Moderate ascents.
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Wakefield Westgate Station to Normanton Station (Yorkshire)
15m direct from Streethouse.
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.
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Knottingley Station to Selby Station (Yorkshire)
15m direct from Streethouse.
20km. Gentle ascents.
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Knottingley Station to Whitley Bridge Station (Yorkshire)
15m direct from Streethouse.
Easy: 7km, gentle ascents.
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Morley Station to Wakefield Westgate Station (Yorkshire)
15m direct from Streethouse.
12km. Moderate ascents.
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Castleford Station to Knottingley Station (Yorkshire)
15m direct from Streethouse.
A very pleasant, easy-to-navigate walk mixing gravel paths through a nature reserve with paved roads in Castleford and Knottingley, the nature-reserve middle section being the best part. There are areas of relatively steep incline, gates, a stile and field near Knottingley; trainers suffice in dry weather and boots in winter. The village of Fairburn, about halfway, is a good pause point for refreshments.
12km. Moderate ascents.
Lunch: Fairburn, about halfway, offers a refreshment stop.
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Horsforth Station to Leeds Station (Yorkshire)
30m direct from Streethouse.
A route of three sections: quiet wooded pathways criss-crossing the railway, a tedious middle section of road walking beside a busy road, then a delightful ending through Burley Park and along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath with the River Aire alongside and leading right to the station. Ends along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath with the River Aire running parallel. Greener than many people expect for an urban route.
Easy: 9km, moderate ascents.
Some wooded sections would not feel appealing or safe walking alone at night, particularly for solo women; one long stretch beside the busy Queenswood Drive.
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Morley Station to Leeds Station (Yorkshire)
30m direct from Streethouse.
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.
Easy: 9km, moderate ascents.
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.
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Leeds Station to Garforth Station (Yorkshire)
30m direct from Streethouse.
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.
12km. Moderate ascents.
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.
Lunch: Places to eat and drink at the Thorpe Park / Springs retail park mid-route.
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Featherstone Station to Pontefract Baghill Station (Yorkshire)
4m direct from Streethouse.
An easy, direct route mixing residential streets with surfaced paths and open field crossings and including two level crossings and a footbridge over the A639. A short climb skirts a hill on the edge of Pontefract before the town centre. Can be continued to Pontefract Monkhill station.
Easy: 4km, moderate ascents.
Two level crossings en route.
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Normanton Station to Featherstone Station (Yorkshire)
4m direct from Streethouse.
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.