Pocklington Walk

Walk Description

This walk starts at the entrance to Burnby Hall Gardens.

1. Enter Burnby Hall Gardens and enjoy a walk around.
2. Exit Burnby Hall Gardens and head up the road onto Burnby Lane.
3. On Burnby Lane you went to turn left and there is a public footpath almost immediately off to the left – take this path back off Burnby lane.
4. Follow this path onto The Balk.
5. Head to the left towards the roundabout and then go right along Station Road.
6. Take the right onto Railway Street.
7. At the end of Railway Street there is the All Saints Church on the left which you can walk through to have a look.
8. You want to come back out of the church onto Market Place – this is what Railway Street turned into.
9. Keep to the B1246 road which turns into Union Street, London Street and then St Helen’s Gate.
10. On St Helen’s Gate you want to take a left onto Target Lane.
11. Target Lane has a corner which goes to the right, on this corner is a footpath that will take you straight on – take this footpath.
12. The footpath will take you over Denison Lane and continue ahead – stick to it as you climb Chapel Hill.
13. On Chapel Hill there will be a footpath that goes off to the right, take this path and follow it.
14. At the end of this path head left onto another footpath.
15. This path takes you across Gus Walker Drive and on to St Helen’s Road
16. When you get to St Helen’s Road head left and go to the end of the street.
17. Go left at the end of this road (back on the B1246), now called Kilnwick Road.
18. As you walk down Kilnwick Road you need to take a left onto the Oval.
19. After this you then need to go left again fairly soon onto Wold Road.
20. Follow Wold Road around, ignoring Springfield Road which goes off as you head around a corner.
21. Go left at the bottom of Wold Road – you’re back on Burnby Lane and back at the start.