Pockley ~ Hard Walk

Distance Covered: 9 miles Time to Complete Walk 4 hours

Suitable for dog walking: No

A walk to the pretty thatched houses village of Pockley, with its beautiful church with its bell tower and then into the Riccall Valley next to the River Riccall. Look out for bluebells in the spring and its grouse population which follow you on the walk. A 9 mile there and back walk, this is great if you love a long walk.

General Safety Tips: Take care on the road although it is a quiet country road it is quite narrow and tractors come and go along it. Take car at the start of the walk and cross the road carefully from the layby where you park your car.

The Pockley Walk

Getting There

From Middlesbrough head towards Helmsley on the A170. At Helmsley, head towards Scarborough and just before you enter the village of Beadlam, look for a large layby on your right to park your car which is free of charge.

Maps of the Pockley Walk

The Walk

From the layby, cross the road carefully and head to the bus stop just before the village of Beadlam.

Head up the path at the back of the houses onto The Croft.

Turn left and follow the road to another road, High Lane and turn left onto this road.

Follow this lane out of Beadlam.

Follow this lane for about two miles until you come to a junction - follow the lane to the left.

Follow the lane to a junction and turn left towards Pockley.

Follow the lane. 

At a junction turn left and into Pockley.

Look out for the beautiful church on your right - St Johns Baptist church, worth a visit.

Head through this gem of a village with its old style phone box and thatched roofed houses.

The village is surprisingly sprawling and heading through it look for a lane to your right opposite the last thatched house in the village.

At a fork in the path head to the left down to the river.

Head down the track and through a gate. Just before the river head right over a bridge.

Cross over the bridge and emerge into a clearing.

Turn right and head onto the main track which you soon join ahead.

Head along this track with the river to your right. Look out for the grouse who join you at this stage!

Join a track coming from the right. 

Keep on this track until you come to a group of buildings on your right.

At this point turn back and retrace your steps back for the return journey of the walk. Dont forget to turn right at the fork in the path. 

When you come to the clearing on your left, look for the bridge again and retrace your steps back to Pockley.

Take two right turns from Pockley and head back to the layby before Beadlam where you parked your car.

Pockley

Pockley is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is about 1 mile north-east of Helmsley turning north from the A170 road. Its short, winding lane passes six thatched cottages in a quarter mile before turning back toward the A170 and its junction at Beadlam and Nawton.

The Grade II-listed church of St John the Baptist was built in 1870 and designed by Sir Gilbert Scott or his son. The chancel screen and other furnishings were provided by Temple Moore in 1898-99 and rood beam figures by Lang of Oberammergau. The church's very unusual heating system was based on the Roman Hypocaust. Warm air came through underfloor ducts from a coke-fired stove beneath the church. Originally the fuel for the stove was carried through a 25-foot brick-lined tunnel on a miniature railway which is still in existence but rarely used. The hot air heating system was restored in 2012 and for the first time in over 60 years the Church is now warm for services.

Treeton ~ Easy Walk

Distance Covered: 4 miles Time to Complete Walk 2.5 hours

Suitable for dog walking: Yes

A great idea for a walk in South Yorkshire ideal for your four legged friends. Starting at Treeton and then down to Treeton Dyke and over the railway bridge this is ideal for a nice bit of fresh air. Just outside Sheffield, parking can be found free of charge on the roadside at the side of the walk on Washfield Lane in Treeton.

General Safety Tips: 

A very safe walk with no issues

The Treeton Walk 

Getting There

Parking is on the roadside on Washfield Lane Treeton near the cricket grounds. Postcode for your SatNav is S60 5PU. Parking is free.

Maps of the Treeton Walk 

The Walk

From the roadside parking head up to the top of the lane on the pavement.

 At the top turn right and head out of Treeton passing houses.

Just before leaving the village head right into Winders Way on a new housing estate.

Head down the road and turn left and then left again into Coal Crescent which bends to the right.

Go through a gap in the road on your left and head down the wide track.

Head down the track and turn right into the woods beside the lake. 

Head over a bridge and walk beside the lake.

Head on the path ahead with great views of the lakes and the birdlife.

At a fork in the path keep left and head to a gate.

Head through the gate and pass the houses and at the top of the road turn right.

Keep to the pavement and over a railway bridge until you come to recreation grounds on your right.

Keeping to the right follow the path ahead.

Keeping right on a grassy path on to another path and follow it as it bends to the left.

Follow this path through a gate and onto another path and turn right.

Follow this path beside the river Rother until you reach a waymarker.

Double back to the left and follow the path as it bends to the right.

Now beside the lake head up a hill and then follow the clear path ahead. 

Keep on the path with views of the lakes on your right. Some brilliant birdlife are on the lakes.

Head right over a bridge and then beside a fence beside a housing development. 

Keep on the path heading towards the woods with the lake on your right. 

Head to the right as the path bends around a power station and then head over a bridge. 

Head through some gates and then over the railway bridge.

After the railway bridge emerges onto a street follow the road back up to Washfield Lane and where you parked your car. 

Treeton

Treeton is a village and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. It is located about 4 miles (6 km) south of the town of Rotherham and 5 miles (8 km) east of Sheffield City Centre.

There is evidence of Mesolithic and Neolithic settlement in this area. In 1954 a Neolithic polished stone axe was found at Gregory Hill Field, and in 1957 Mesolithic flint cores were found in Treeton Wood. There was a Roman fort at Templeborough, about 2.8 miles (4.5 km) north west of Treeton, and remnants of the Roman road called Icknield Street (sometimes Ryknild or Riknild Street) have been found in nearby Brinsworth.

The name Treeton is Old English in origin and may mean 'tree farmstead' or 'farmstead built with posts'. The earliest known written record of Treeton is the Domesday book of 1086, in which it is referred to as Trectone or Tretone. The Domesday Book also mentions that the village had two mills and a church. The present parish church the Church of St Helen was originally built in the 12th century, but may have included parts of an earlier church. The church was expanded in the 14th century and extensively restored in the 19th century.

The North Midland Railway built a railway through the village in 1840, this later became the Midland Railway. There was a station at Treeton until 1951. A colliery was built at Treeton starting in 1875, and 400 houses were built between 1881 and 1905 to house miners' families. Treeton Colliery closed in 1990 and the site has since been redeveloped for homes.