Muston ~ Easy Walk

Distance Covered: 3.75 miles Time to complete walk:  2 hours

Suitable for dog walking: Dogs should be held on a lead if cows are in the field.

Total Steps: approx. 14,000

Safety Tips: Be careful on the A1039 also known as Flotmanby Lane as the cars whizz by. In the fields with cows in keep your distance if you are walking when the cows are calving. There are usually signs to let you know this.

A great idea for a short pub walk in this village near Filey. The Ship Inn is your parking spot and starting point. The walk is over fields and farmland and the village of Muston has a nice church to visit as well.

 

The Muston Walk

Getting There

Follow the A171 through Whitby and then follow it through Scarborough. From
Scarborough follow the A165 which is the coast road until you approach Filey. Look for a right turn off to Muston which is the A1039. Parking is roadside parking beside The Ship Inn pub.

 

Map of the Muston walk

 

 

The Walk

 

From the pub parking make your way out of the village until you reach the last of the houses. After the houses look for a sign near a gate on your left. Go through the gate into a small meadow

 

 

Make your way out of Muston

 

Go through the gate on your left

 

 

Shortly after you come to another small gate. Go through this gate

 

 

 

Go through another gate

 

 

You are now on the Wolds Way and follow this track uphill over two waymarked stiles. Head on the track keeping to the left of a hedge and head for the corner of this field to a gate

 

 

 

Head to the corner of the field with the hedge to your right

 

Go through the gate

 

 

The Wolds Way now goes diagonally to another signpost. Follow this track to it.

 

 

 

Follow the Wolds Way signpost

 

 

Turn a sharp right and follow this track through undergrowth until you come to an open field.

 

 

Turn sharp right and follow the track

 

Keep on the track

 

Follow the track to the road below and carefully cross the road to go into Manor Farm.

 

 

Enter the field ahead

 

Cross over the road carefully

 

Enter Manor Farm

 

Follow the farm track as it bends to the right

 

 

Follow the farm track as it bends to the right

 

 

Keep on the farm track

 



The track goes on for a while and then comes to a bridge

 

 

Keep on the track

 

Cross the bridge

 

 

As soon as you cross the bridge turn right to follow a path near the water channel.

 

 

Follow the path ahead

 

 

When you come to another bridge - don't cross it and keep on the track ahead

 

 

 

Keep straight ahead at the next bridge

 

Follow the path ahead

 

 

You will soon come to a gate. Go through the gate and follow the path with the hedge to your right

 

 

 

Go through the gate

 

Follow the path with the hedge to your right

 

 

Go through another two gates in the same direction. When you come to another large gate don't go through it but turn left and follow the field path keeping the hedge to your right again.

 

 

 

Turn left when you come to this gate

 

Follow the path ahead with the hedge to your right

 

Soon the path curves to the right. Go through a gate and join a track which is Carr Lane

 

 

Follow the path which bends to the right

 

Go through the gate

 

Join Carr Lane

 

Follow the lane as it goes back to Muston and turn right as you approach the road through Muston

 

 

Follow Carr Lane

 

Turn right at the road

 

 

Make your way back to the pub as the path passes an interesting church. Time for a pub lunch!

 

 

 

Church at Muston

 

The Ship Inn



 

Muston

 

According to the A Dictionary of British Place Names 'Muston' is derived from either the 12th-century "mouse infected farmstead", or a "farmstead of a man called Musi", being an Old Norse person name with the Old English 'tun' (farmstead or enclosure).
Muston is listed in the Domesday Book as "Mustone", in the Torbar Hundred of the East Riding of Yorkshire. The settlement included seven households, twenty-one villagers, six smallholders, and ten ploughlands. In 1066 Karli son of Karli held the Lordship, this transferring in 1086 to Gilbert of Ghent who also became Tenant-in-chief to King William I.
In 1823 Muston was a village and civil parish in the Wapentake of Dickering in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The ecclesiastical parish was a Vicarage held by the Archdeacon of Cleveland, Francis Wrangham. Population at the time was 350. Occupations included fourteen farmers, two butchers, two carpenters, three grocers, a tanner, a bricklayer, a corn miller, a shoemaker, an earthenware dealer, a tailor, a blacksmith, and the landlady of The Cross Keys public house. A daily coach linked Muston to Hull and Scarborough. A carrier operated between the village and Bridlington Hunmanby and Filey twice weekly.
The 1863 parish church of All Saints' was designated a Grade II listed building in 1966.
There is a derelict windmill on the outskirts of the village, just off the A1039 road. References to a mill first appear in 1341.The current mill is thought to have been built in 1826 and was in use until 1932.

 

 



 

 











 



 



 





 

 







 

 

 



Knaresborough ~ Medium Walk

Distance Covered: 6.5 miles Time to complete walk:  3 hours

Suitable for dog walking: Yes

Total Steps: approx. 20,000

Safety Tips:  Look out for exposed tree roots walking near the river Nudd- take your walking stick and wear some sturdy boots. On the walk back into Knaresborough be careful as the traffic can be fast and you will need to cross the road a few times.

A classic walk starting at the town of Knaresborough. Follow a cycle track and then walk beside the River Nidd on the return. A detour to Mother Shiptons Cave at the start is optional. The entry price is quite steep at £10.00 for adults. Parking can be found at Conyngham Hall car park and is £3.00 for three hours or £4.00 for 24 hours.

 

The Knaresborough Walk

Getting There

Follow the A19 on to the A1 southbound. Look for junction 47 which is the turn off for Harrogate. Follow the A59 signposted to Harrogate but then look for a right turn signed to Knaresborough. This is still the A59 and goes straight through Knaresborough. Follow the signs to Mother Shiptons Cave and look for the Conyngham Hall car park which is on your right just before Mother Shiptons Cave.

 

Map of the Knaresborough Walk

The Walk

From the car park turn right and cross the road if you wish to visit Mother Shiptons Cave which is expensive but still worth a visit. There is a café and toilets inside.

 

Mother Shiptons Cave

 

The Cave

 

After visiting Mother Shiptons Cave cross the road and straight over on the other side is the beginning of the Beryl Burton Cycleway.

 

Start of the Beryl Burton Cycleway

 

Info about the Cycleway

 

Keep to the left ahead when the path branches and keep your eyes and ears open for cyclists of course.

 

 



 

Keep to the left as the path branches

 

 

The path goes over cattle grids and then arrives at a crossroads

 

 

Cattle Grid on the path

 

 

Crossroads

 

At the crossroads, carry on straight ahead on the path. The path passes houses and a caravan park.

 

 

 

Caravan Park

 

 

The path then becomes a road and passes a pub the Gardiners Arms

 

 

 

The Gardiners Arms in Bilton

 

 

Shortly after passing the pub look for a turn off to your right on a trail with a bench and information panel on it about Nidd Gorge.

 

 

 

Turn right onto the trail

 

 

Information Panel

 

 

Follow this trail past some interesting art until you come to the viaduct ahead

 

 

 

Art on the trail

 

 

Before the viaduct look for a path at the edge of grassland to the right of another information panel

 

 

Information Panel at the viaduct

 

Path to the right

 

The path winds to the left and down to the banks of the River Nudd

 

 

 

Follow the path down to the banks of the River Nudd

 

Follow the paths ahead keeping as close to the river as possible. There are numerous walkways along the riverside

 

 

 

Path near the river

 

Walkway

 

 

When the path climbs - follow it for a while with the aim of returning to the riverside path

 

 

 

View of the River Nidd

 

Gap in the walkway

 

 

Eventually you will meet a bridge. Cross the bridge and immediately turn right keeping to the riverside path again.

 

Footbridge over the river

 

 

Follow the path to the right over the bridge

 

Again, keep as close to the riverside on the path ahead with great views of the River Nidd. Soon you come to some steps which take you above the river.

 

 

Climb the steps

 

 

At the top is a road, turn right and follow the road until you come to a sign which is signposted to Nidd Gorge. Follow the path back down to the riverside again.



 

 

Turn right on the road

 

Turn right and follow the steps back to the riverside 

 





The steps take you back down to the river and then follow the edge of the river. Eventually you come to a clearing, Keep on the riverside path ahead 

 

 

View of the River Nidd

 

Clearing

 

Keep the path ahead

 

Keep following the path as it narrows and pass a sign which advises you are in private gardens. Stick with the narrow path ahead

 

 

 

Sign for private gardens



  

Keep on the narrow river path

 

 

You need to stick on this pleasant path near the river until it ends and the path then turns left between houses. Follow this onto a road

 

 

 

Jetty on the river

 

Follow the path near the river

 

Turn left and follow the path ahead

 

 

Emerge onto the road

 

Turn right on the road and follow it as it bends to the left and arrives onto the B6165

 

 

Follow the road as it bends to the left

 

Turn right onto the B6165

 

 

Be careful on and keep to the pavement taking care when crossing the road as the cars are fast. Follow this back into Knaresborough and then turn right onto the AA59 and follow the road back to the car park.

 

Knaresborough

 

Knaresborough is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Chenaresburg, meaning "Cenheard's fortress",in the wapentake of Burghshire, renamed Claro Wapentake in the 12th century. Knaresborough Castle is Norman;around 1100, the town began to grow and provide a market and attract traders to service the castle. The present parish church, St John's, was established around this time. The earliest identified Lord of Knaresborough is around 1115 when Serlo de Burgh held the Honour of Knaresborough from the King.

Hugh de Morville was granted the Honour of Knaresborough in 1158. He was constable of Knaresborough and leader of the group of four knights who murdered Archbishop Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170. The four knights fled to Knaresborough and hid at the castle. Hugh de Morville forfeited the lands in 1173, not for his implication in the murder of Thomas Becket, but for "complicity in the rebellion of Henry the Young King", according to the Early Yorkshire Charters.

The Honour of Knaresborough then passed to the Stuteville family. When the Stuteville line was broken with the death of Robert the 4th (son of Robert 3rd) in 1205, King John effectively took the Honour of Knaresborough for himself.The first Maundy Money was distributed in Knaresborough by King John on 15 April 1210. Knaresborough Forest, which extended far to the south of the town, is reputed to have been one of King John's favourite hunting grounds.
Although a market was first mentioned in 1206, the town was not granted a Royal Charter to hold a market until 1310, by Edward II. A market is still held every Wednesday in the market square. In Edward II's reign, the castle was occupied by rebels and the curtain walls were breached by a siege engine. Later, Scots invaders burned much of the town and the parish church. In 1328, as part of the marriage settlement, Queen Philippa was granted "the Castle, Town, Forest and Honour of Knaresborough" by Edward III and the parish church was restored. After her death in 1369, the Honour was granted by Edward to their younger son, John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster and since then the castle has belonged to the Duchy of Lancaster. After the accession of Henry IV the castle lost much of its importance in national affairs, but remained a key site in regional administration for another century.
In the Civil War, following the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, the castle was besieged by Parliamentary forces. The castle eventually fell and in 1646 an order was made by Parliament for its destruction (but not carried out till 1648). The destruction was mainly done by citizens looting the stone. Many town centre buildings are built of castle stone.
The railway age began in Knaresborough in 1848 with the opening of a railway station on Hay Park Lane; this was replaced with the current one three years later in 1851. The town had a railway line to Boroughbridge until it closed to passengers in 1950; it was dismantled in 1964.
Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Knaresborough became part of North Yorkshire in 1974.

Mother Shiptons Cave

Mother Shipton's Cave (or "Old Mother Shipton's Cave") is at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire , England, near to the River Nidd
Nearby is a petrifying well which is the oldest entrance-charging tourist attraction in England, open since 1630. The water of the well is rich in sulphate and carbonate  which is deposited as a ramp and screen below, and in which artefacts are "petrified" (encrusted) as a tourist attraction.
The place is associated with the legendary soothsayer and prophetess Mother Shipton (c. 1488 - 1561), born Ursula Southeil, wife of Toby Shipton. According to legend she was born in the cave. The cave and dropping well, together with other attractions, remain open to visitors and are run by Mother Shipton's Cave Ltd.