Hooton Pagnell ~ Medium Walk

Distance Covered: 5 miles Time to Complete Walk: 2 hours

Suitable for dog walking: Yes

A great walk from the pretty village of Hooton Pagnell, just outside Doncaster. Excellent for a dog walk or short walk to get some nice fresh air. The village has a lovely peaceful aura. Great for a walk if your based in South Yorkshire or from further afar just straight down the M1.

General Safety Tips: Be careful on the road part of the walk. The path on the field after the disused railway line can get muddy. 

The Hooton Pagnell Walk

Getting There

From Middlesbrough follow the A19 onto the M1 southbound. Turn off before Donacaster which is the A638. Take a left turn onto Hampole Field Lane which leads you directly to the village of Hooton Pagnell. Parking is on the roadside near the Buttercross.

Maps of the Hooton Pagnell walk

The Walk

From the roadside near the Buttercross, follow the path directly opposite.

Head down the path and turn left before a house.

Turn right and follow the narrow enclosed path.

At the T junction turn left and follow the path.

Follow the path and when the path forks turn a sharp left and follow the path around to the right.

Follow this path to the side of a field and then follow the path straight through another field.

Cross over to another path ahead and follow this path.

As you come out onto the road, turn left and follow this into Moorhouse.

Follow the road through Moorhouse and beyond until you come to a footpath sign to the right. 

Go over a small footbridge into an orchard and keep to the right of the orchard straight ahead.

Turn left following the direction of a waypoint and straight ahead at the second waypoint marker.

When you come to the third waypoint follow the path diagonally right across the field.

Go through the gap in the hedge ahead to a disused railway line and turn left and follow the path.

Follow the railway line path for some time until you come to a road.

Turn left and go forwards past the road junctions and look for a gap onto a field on your right shortly after the junction. 

Turn right and walk around the edge of the field into the next field. Follow the edge again in the second field.

In the third field look for a gap on the right side and cross over this onto a grassy track.

Follow this path ahead as it keeps to the side of the woods.

Keep to the path as it bends to the right and keep to the edge of the woods until you come to a road.

Turn left and follow the road until you reach another road.

Turn left and keeping to the grass verge taking note of traffic follow this road back into Hooton Pagnell.

In the village take the first left walking past the statue of remembrance. At the top turn right and head back to the Buttercross and your car.

Hooton Pagnell

Hooton Pagnell is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, on the border with West Yorkshire. It lies on the B6422 road, between Brodsworth and South Elmsall and is at an elevation of around 78 metres (256 ft) above sea level.  It had a population of 211 at the 2001 Census, reducing slightly to 201 at the 2011 Census. The name of the village derives from Ralph de Paganel (sometimes spelled Paynell), a Norman who was a tenant-in-chief in Yorkshire named in the Domesday Book and an extensive landowner.

The first recorded mention of Hooton Pagnell is found in Domesday Book, where it is called "Hotone" ("The Town on the Hill" or "The High Dwelling Place"). "In Hotone and Bileham Earl Edwin had one manor of ten carucetes for geld, and ten ploughs may be there.. . . . . . . . . In the time of King Edward it was worth eight pounds, now one hundred shillings." The 200 acres (81 ha), that was in 1086 the extent of the cultivated land in Hooton, were given to Robert, Count of Mortain. He in turn sublet the land to Richard de Surdeval, a Norman knight

The village was variously called "Hoton", "Howton", "Hutton", the second part of the name being added during the time of the Paganals, a distinguished Norman family into whose hands the manor passed towards the end of the 11th Century. The second part of the name is variously spelt - "Paynel", “Painell", "Pannell", "Pagnell". Hence, "Hooton Pagnell" - "The High Dwelling Place of the Paynels'.

The village received a Royal Charter in 1254 entitling it to hold a market on Thursdays and an annual three-day fair. A butter cross was built, the base of which survives, but the market and fair soon ceased. However the fair has since been revived and is held very first Sunday in July. The ownership of Hooton remained in the hands of the Paganels and their heirs till the reign of Edward IV through the names of Paganel, and through marriage, Luterel and Hilton.

Leeds ~ Easy Walk

Distance Covered:  2.5 miles Time to Complete Walk: 1.5 hours

Suitable for dog walking: Yes

This is a great walk if you want to see all the highlights of the vibrant city of Leeds. Starting at Millennium Square, see the amazing cathedral, theatre, the Corn Exchange with its bespoke shops, church and City Square. A great walk to combine with shopping/eating out.

General Safety Tips: Be careful crossing the roads as Leeds can be a bustling city. 

The Leeds Walk

Getting There

By Train - From Middlesbrough train Station take the Manchester Airport train which goes direct to Leeds. Other trains to York can be used and from York station take another train to Leeds.

By Car - From Middlesbrough follow the A19 to Thirsk, then follow the A168 to join the M1 southbound. Take the turnoff onto the A59 which then becomes the A658. Follow this and turn left onto the A61 which goes through Harewood. Continue into Leeds and parking closest to Millennium Square can be found at the LGI Multi Storey Parking. 

Maps Of the Leeds Walk

The Walk

Start the walk at Millennium Square, or alternatively visit each location in the order you arrive at them- your choice really, this walk will hopefully point out the locations of the  highlights of Leeds for you.

Millenium Square is the place the famous Leeds Xmas markets are held each year. Leeds Museum is on the square too which is well worth a visit.

From Millennium Square head down Calverley Street turn left onto Great George Street and then turn right onto Cookridge Street where you will find Leeds Cathedral. Have a look inside this gothic wonder.

From the cathedral head down Cookridge Street and turn right at the first crossroads and walk through Victoria Square passing Leeds Art Gallery and further on arriving at Leeds Town Hall. So much to do here especially a visit to the Art Gallery.

From the Town Hall, double back and pass Victoria Square onto the Headrow. Keep on this road until you come to New Briggate on your left. Walk up the road, and go left  through an archway into St John The Evangilist Church. 

Walk through the church gardens out onto the road and turn right onto Merrion Street. Turn right back onto New Briggate and over the road will be Leeds Grand Theatre.

From the theatre keep ahead down New Briggate which then becomes Briggate. You will pass the very trendy shopping arcades such as the Victoria Quarter.

When you reach Boar Lane, turn right and follow this road around to reach City Square with its amazing statues. 

Double back from City Square and head past Briggate until you come to the superb Corn Exchange with its bespoke shops. Well worth a visit!

From here you can then follow the road right onto Call Lane and then onto New Market Street onto the amazing Leeds markets. You have now finished your whistle stop tour of Leeds!

Leeds

Leeds is a city in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The city lies in the valley of the River Aire in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city is the largest settlement in the county with a population of 516,298, while the larger City of Leeds metropolitan borough had a population of 812,000 (2021 estimate). The city is part of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area, the fourth-largest urban area in the United Kingdom with 1.7 million inhabitants.

Leeds was a small manorial borough in the 13th century, becoming a major centre for the production and trading of wool in the 17th and 18th centuries, then a major mill town during the Industrial Revolution; wool was still the dominant industry, but flax, engineering, iron foundries, printing, and other industries were also important. From being a market town in the valley of the River Aire in the 16th century, Leeds expanded and overtook nearby York in importance, absorbing surrounding villages to become a populous urban centre by the 20th century, having attained City status in 1893. Leeds is well known for being the location where carbonated water was invented in the 1760s.

Today, Leeds is known for its many shopping arcades, such as Kirkgate Market.Located at crossroads in Britain about halfway between London and Edinburgh, it sits on important motorway links (the M1, M62 and A1(M)),while Leeds railway station is, alongside Manchester Piccadilly, one of the two main railway stations in the North of England.