Walks you can reach from Wressle by train
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Selby Station to Snaith Station (Yorkshire)
8m direct from Wressle.
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.
15km.
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.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Selby Station to Goole Station (Yorkshire)
8m direct from Wressle.
An enjoyable route that is remote in parts.
20km. Gentle ascents.
Remote in parts.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Selby Station to Whitley Bridge Station (Yorkshire)
8m direct from Wressle.
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.
16km. Flat terrain.
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.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Knottingley Station to Selby Station (Yorkshire)
8m direct from Wressle.
20km. Gentle ascents.