Allerthorpe Common Nature Reserve - route.
Distance: 4¾ miles
Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Grade: Easy
Map: OS Explorer - 294 Market Weighton & Yorkshire Wolds Central
Start point: Allerthorpe Wood Car Park, Common Lane off Sutton Lane.
Grid Reference: SE 782 473
Nearest Post Code: YO42 4RW
| Serial | Distance | Grid Reference | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | -1.25 miles | SE 944 327 | At the Jet service station, turn off the A1079 on Sutton lane signed Sutton upon Derwent. After about 1 mile turn left onto Common Lane. Follow Common Lane for 1½, (passing othre off road parking polaces), to Allerthorpe Woods car park on the left from where the walk starts. |
| 01 | 00 miles | SE 752 472 | Enter the woodland through the wooden gate, take the track to the right and head south east. Follow the boundary fence on the right for about 600 yards to a gate on the right. |
| 02 | 600 yards | SE 757 471 | Pass through the gate, follow the stone laid path ahead with a hedge row on the left. Continue along the path to a T-Junction. |
| 03 | 0.84 miles | SE 763 465 | At the T-Junction (with a set of tanks on the left), turn right towards Warren House. After 200 yards the track bears round a coppice to the left. After 1½ miles the track meets Main Street. |
| 04 | 2.4 miles | SE 783 470 | Turn left on Main Street, follow the road for 250 yards to the Plough Inn, keep left and follow the road on the left. |
| 05 | 2.6 miles | SE 782 474 | Follow the road and farm track for 1 mile, cross a small bridge, enter Tank Plantation, follow the track passed a pond (on left), to a wooden gate. |
| 06 | 3.5 miles | SE 774 473 | Pass through the wooden gate and take the track that forks off to the right to head north. Follow this track for 500 yards to a track on the left. |
| 07 | 3.8 mile | SE 767 474 | Just before the track bears right, take the track on the left. Follow this track straight ahead for ¾ of a mile back to the car park. |
| SE 760 477 | The track passes under a set of pylons running NW to SE. Turn left at these pylons, to explore some more of what the nature reserve has to offer, before returning to the track back to the car park. | ||
| SE 763 474 | Alternatively follow the pylons to the edge of the wood, and then turn right, where it joins the bridleway. Follow the bridleway back to the car park. | ||
| SE 758 479 | If turning right at the pylons, ignoring the minor paths, at crossing of paths near the edge of the wood, turn left, this path will lead to the road (Common Lane), turn right and follow the road for ΒΌ of a mile back to the car park. |