Welton Wold & Brantingham Wold

Welton Wold to Turtle Hill & Brantingham Wold - Route.

Distance: 6¼ miles / 10 kilometers

Time: 4 hours 20 minutes

Grade: Easy/Moderate

Map: OS Explorer 293 - Kingston Upon Hull and Beverley

Start point: Near The Green Dragon Inn and St Helen's Church, Welton

Grid Reference: SE 959 273

Nearest Post Code: HU15 1NB

There are three route options:
This 6¼ miles Welton Wold to Turtle Hill & Brantingham Wold walk - follows Welton Wold passes Wauldby Manor Farm and Wauldby Dam, on the way to Turtle Hill then to Brantingham Wold.
Alternatively a 3 miles - Welton Wold & Welton Dale walk - follows Welton Wold then returns along Welton Dale.
Alternatively a 4¾ miles Welton Dale & Elloughton Wold walk - follows Welton Dale then crosses over to Lings Plantation, through Elloughton Dale and Scarbro Wold Plantation.

There is limited parking on Cowgate (SE 959 273) along the road or opposite the Green Dragon in front of the Church of Saint Helen, with further parking at the end of Chapel Hill, after passing Holly Hill, where the woodland starts on Crossall Hill Lane (SE 962 274). If parking other than on Crossall Hill Lane, head to the traffic island opposite the church, where there is a green bench with a white National Trails acorn logo.

Serial	Distance	Grid Reference	Description
01	0.00 miles	SE 959 273	From the bench cross over the road and head up Chapel Hill, at the top of the hill it joins the woodland with a fence lined track which becomes Crossall Hill Lane, then Stonepit Road with a private plantation on the left and a quarry on the right.
02	0.57 miles	SE 966 279	At the end of Stonepit Road the track turns sharp left then turning sharp right. The trail can be very muddy in the wet months. The track leads to Welton Wold, Enter the woodland follow the path to a road (Tom Potts' Row).
03	1.50	SE 968 292	Cross the road to continue along the road to follow the Yorkshire Wold Way to Wauldby Dam.
04	1.75 miles	SE 969 296	At Wauldby Dam, the path bends sharp left, then a sharp right, continue on the Yorkshire Wolds Way heading north, passing Wauldby Manor Farm. After ½ of a mile the track turns sharp right, then after a further ½ of a mile arrive at a cross track junction on Turtle Hill.
05	2.25 miles	SE 972 304	At the cross trail junction, turn left at Turtle Hill/Wauldby Green, signed Yorkshire Wolds Way. Follow the hedge row, through Bottom Plantation to a road junction. Follow the road ahead for ¼ of a mile, to where the road bends sharp left.
06	3.10 miles	SE 958 303	After the road bends sharp left, turn right along the farm track and through Long Plantation. At the end of the path, there is a bench with a way maker 'Filey 69 miles', where the trail joins a road (Spout Hill).
07	3.66 miles	SE 950 300	Follow the road (Spout Hill) for ¼ a mile, with tree line on left. Pass Brantingham Wold Grange (on the right), continue to where the road bends slightly to the right and to a footpath on the left. (If the road bends left, you’ve gone too far!)
08	3.90 miles	SE 947 298	Turn left signed 'public footpath', and enter the woodland of Brantingham Heads. Follow the path to a finger post signed Brantingham 1 mile, Welton 1½ miles.
09	4.65 miles	SE 951 291	Turn right joining the public bridleway, pass through a kiss gate into Scarbro Wold Plantation. After almost ½ of a mile the trail bends sharp left along Peggy Farrow Land.
10	5.25 miles	SE 956 289	Take the track on the right, follow the trail to the edge of the woodland, pass through a kiss gate, and follow the trail along the open farmland on the western edge of Elloughton Wold.
14	5.40 miles	SE 949 283	At the end of Peggy Farrow Lane pass through a kiss gate, cross over the road ahead signed Welton. For High Road for 1 mile back to Welton and the start.