Walks
From the doorstep there are numerous footpaths for guests staying at Bellwood house to enjoy with or without their pets. The following information is provided coutesy of Visit Thirsk.
Blue Plaque Trail - This is a walk around 20 historical sites in Thirsk and Sowerby marked by blue plaques. These record important buildings or people associated with our town. The walk takes anything up to 1½ hours.
Past & Present - Thirsk and Sowerby Past and Present is a town and countryside trail that has been designed by the local community. A leaflet with a map and historical notes on all the explanatory boards around the town is available in the Tourist Information Centre. The walk takes anything up to 2 hours.
Ted’s Walk 1 — A 4 mile circular field walk from Thirsk via South Kilvington.
Ted’s Walk 2 — A 4 mile circular flat field walk to the west of Thirsk and back through Sowerby.
Ted’s Walk 3 — A 3 mile village and field walk – Sowerby, with Pudding Pie Hill.
Ted’s pushchair walk — A 1.5 mile circular walk around Thirsk centre suitable for pushchairs and most wheelchairs.
Footpaths map - View and print a map of the footpaths around Thirsk or your holiday accommodation.
Thirsk and district walks - Here is a very wide range of local walks to download and print. They cover not only Thirsk but also Sutton Bank, Boroughbridge, Northallerton, Bedale and many of the villages in the Vale of York.
Short guided health walks around Thirsk - In addition independent walk packs with maps of some routes have also been developed so that people can walk out more frequently and maintain the health benefits. Paper copies are available from Thirsk Tourist Information, the Hambleton Strollers coordinator – or you can view and print a copy of the Thirsk pack from the link above.
White horse - A white horse set into the side of the Hambleton Hills. The suggested walk takes anything up to 1 hour.
Thornton-le-Moor: walk 1, walk 2 - Two country walks starting from this village about a mile from Thirsk.
Walks sheets you can get in the Thirsk Information Centre
- Sandhutton Circular 7.7 miles – 3hrs 25min
- Thirsk-South Kilvington Circular 3.7miles – 1hr 30min
- Pudding Pie Hill Circular Walk 3.7miles – 1hr 40min
- Felixkirk Walk 7.6miles – 3hrs 10min
- Kilburn White Horse Walk 5.6miles – 3hrs 15min
- Pickhill-River Swale Walk 7.8miles – 3hrs 15min
- Thornton-le-Moor Circular 4.5miles – 1hr 50min
- Felixkirk-Kirby Walk 4.1miles – 1hr 45min
- Sutton-Boltby Circular 6.8miles – 3hrs 30min