Boroughbridge Community Website

4th February 2012

Walking

There are a number of interesting and picturesque walks in the Boroughbridge Area, some of which are detailed below. Detailed instructions, including details on points of historic interest, for each of these walks, are available by clicking on the links below and hard copies can be purchased from the Tourist Information Point at One Hall Square, Boroughbridge for a nominal sum.
 
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Boroughbridge High Street
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The Boroughbridge Town Walk
 
This walk ensures visitors to Boroughbridge see most of the Towns notable historic buildings and landmarks, including the site of the Battle of Boroughbridge, the unique Devils Arrows and many former coaching inns
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Aldborough Walk - alternative route in place until 26 March 2011
Click here for map showing route
 
Walking from Boroughbridge towards this largely Georgian village (once the Roman town of Isurium Brigantium) this walk takes you past many interesting and historic buildings and notable landmarks, including the Roman pavements and the Ship Inn.
 
The walk can be extended to include an alternative return to Boroughbridge via a riverside walk.
 
For the more adventurous, this walk may be added to the Boroughbridge Town Walk for a full half-day outing. If doing so you should begin the Aldborough Walk from The Malt Shovel public house.
 

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The Roecliffe Walk
 
Starting just outside Boroughbridge in the village of Roecliffe, this walk takes visitors past the village church of St. Mary. This is believed to be the only church in the country with an entirely vaulted roof. The walk then moves across country to the banks of the River Ure, offering a view of one of Englands finest Stately homes, Newby Hall, a fine Adam house built in the 1690s. The walk terminates in Roecliffe close to the Crown Inn.
 
 
 

All Saints Church, Kirby Hill
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The Milby/Kirby Hill Walk
 
From the Visitor Information Centre in Boroughbridge this walk allows the visitor to view the historic waterways of the Town and the disused rail link, a victim of the Beeching axe. It also gives visitors the opportunity to visit All Saints Church in Kirby Hill which is said to date originally from the 8th century. The Blue Bell Inn can provide the answer to hunger or thirst or both.
 
 
 
For further details of walks in the area the following series of leaflets "Ure Walks through time" have been produced by YoreVision and are available by clicking on the links below;
 
 
Further walks in Yorkshire can also be found on John Harris's Walking in Yorkshire Website  please click here to access the link.