M 04 Millington Dale 2
M 04 Millington Dale 2: map & directions
Route M 04 - Millington Wood, Millington village, Wolds Way and Millington Dale
This circular walk is just under 6 miles long. It climbs up gradually onto the Wolds with views to the north over Millington, then continues via Sylvan Dale to Nettle Dale and returns along Millington Dale. This route is suitable after rain when other routes are muddy; half the route is along minor roads (mostly with wide verges). There are gradients both up and down. Route M 03 is a clockwise alternative using some of the same paths.
Start from Millington Wood car park, ¾ mile north-east of Millington village. (Explorer Map 294 Market Weighton etc. reference SE838530).
Walk details (anticlockwise)
1. From the car park at Millington Wood (ref. 838530), turn right up a track and then along the road that leads to Millington. After ¾ mile turn left at a cross-roads and follow the road through the village to a junction just past The Gait Inn. [1750 metres]
2. (830516) Turn left and follow the road down into the valley then up the other side to a cross-roads where one road is an unmade track. [1200m]
3. (829506) Turn left and continue steadily uphill on a track that, after 250m, runs alongside a wood. Where the wood ends, turn left across a field and at the other side, turn left for 100m then sharply right along the top edge of the valley. Continue for 700m to Warren Farm. [2150m]
For a short cut to Millington, turn left signed Minster Way just before reaching Warren Farm
4. (840519) At the farm entrance, turn right and immediately left along the top of a field for 700m then left along the side of the same field to a gate on the right to a path leading down into Sylvan Dale. [Turning left at the bottom leads back to the road near the car park but this route may be very muddy after rain] Cross the bottom of the Dale and follow the zig-zag path (Yorkshire Wolds Way) up the other side to a gate. [1500m]
5. (845531) Go through the gate and follow the Wolds Way for 700m to a gate and a signpost. [Another possible short cut, turn left through the gate and follow the top of the Access land then turn right down a very steep slope and over a wooden fence back to the road] Continue downhill and at the bottom, turn left and through a gateway onto the road that runs along Millington Dale. Turn left onto the road and continue along the road back to Millington Wood. [2050m]
4. (840519) At the farm entrance, turn right and immediately left along the top of a field for 700m then left along the side of the same field to a gate on the right to a path leading down into Sylvan Dale. [Turning left at the bottom leads back to the road near the car park but this route may be very muddy after rain] Cross the bottom of the Dale and follow the zig-zag path (Yorkshire Wolds Way) up the other side to a gate. [1500m]
5. (845531) Go through the gate and follow the Wolds Way for 700m to a gate and a signpost. [Another possible short cut, turn left through the gate and follow the top of the Access land then turn right down a very steep slope and over a wooden fence back to the road] Continue downhill and at the bottom, turn left and through a gateway onto the road that runs along Millington Dale. Turn left onto the road and continue along the road back to Millington Wood. [2050m]
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