Natural landmarks · Yorkshire & the Humber
Yorkshire Wolds Way
79-mile chalk Wolds trail from Humber to Filey — David Hockney country.

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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
The Yorkshire Wolds Way is the National Trail (1982) running 79 miles from Hessle on the Humber to Filey Brigg on the North Sea, along the chalk escarpment of the Yorkshire Wolds. The least-busy National Trail; favoured by David Hockney's Wolds paintings.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Yorkshire Wolds Way is a National Trail in Yorkshire, England. It runs 79 miles (127 km) from Hessle to Filey, around the Yorkshire Wolds. At Filey Brigg, it connects with the Cleveland Way, another National Trail. In 2007 the Yorkshire Wolds Way celebrated the 25th anniversary of its official opening which took place on 2 October 1982.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 54.0000, -0.5000
- Address
- Yorkshire, England
Sources
- manual: yorkshire-wolds-way (manual)
- wikipedia: Yorkshire Wolds Way (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Yorkshire Wolds Way?
- Yorkshire Wolds Way is in Yorkshire & the Humber, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.0000°, -0.5000°.
- When was Yorkshire Wolds Way built?
- Yorkshire Wolds Way dates to the Modern era. The exact year of origin is not recorded in our open-data sources.