Walk Instructions
Start: All Saints Church, Helmsley
YO62 5AD What3Words shepherdess.exhaling.hairpin OS Grid reference SE 611 838
Distance- 6 miles. Stage 1 of a 9 stage 41 mile trail
Grade: Easy
USE THE OS MAP LINK St Aelred’s Pilgrim Trail Stage 1
Photos relate to * in text.
1
From All Saints Church walk past the Market Square and along Bondgate
to Carlton Road. Turn left and then look for a Bridleway sign on the right
side of the road heading East.*
2
Follow the bridleway, skirting the south side of Monk Holme Wood, staying close to the fence and aiming for a gate with a SAPT waymarker.* Turn right. Reagarth Farm is to your right.
3
Enter a lane straight head and turn left. After 100 metres you will see a Public Footpath with a St Aelred’s Pilgrim Trail marker pointing East. (right) *This path takes you to the top of Riccal Dale bank. Go through the gate and turn left along the path along the edge of the wood.
4
The path emerges briefly on to a track (right) for 100 metres and then drops down into Riccall Dale to join the main track through the valley alongside the river. Follow this track for 2 miles until you reach a bridleway to the East (right), signed Tabular Hills Walk and St Aelred’s Pilgrim Trail. Please note there is a SAPT horse waymarker pointing straight on. Do not follow this! *There is a bench near this point which is good for a coffee stop.
5
Follow this bridleway down into the valley, cross the footbridge and then head North East uphill to the immediate left of Hasty Bank Farm till you reach a gate. *Turn left here along the bridleway heading North West along a farm track, keeping to the line of the fence. There are several gates to pass through as you approach Howl Wood farm. Proceed through the farmyard and head for a second gate.
6
Continue on the bridleway through a field to a gate and then across rough ground, slightly left and downhill. * The path is not very clear at this point. When you see 4 telegraph posts ahead of you, look about 20 metres to the right of the fourth which is in front of a footbridge.
7
The footbridge is marked in this photo with the yellow arrow. Cross the stream and turn right along a green lane to a gate and into a field. Keep to the right edge of the field to another gate and follow the sign to the gate of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, East Moors.
8
The church has a fascinating history and is open.
Inside
A view of the inside of the church.
