Market Weighton Rail Trail – Market Weighton Town Centre loop from Market Weighton

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Market Weighton

Market Weighton Rail Trail – Market Weighton Town Centre loop from Market Weighton

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Market Weighton Rail Trail – Market Weighton Town Centre loop from Market Weighton

02:31

9.53km

90m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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4.88 km

The Fiddle Drill

Highlight • Other

Yorkshire Wolds Way drinking water point

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5.93 km

Rifle Butts Quarry Nature Reserve

Highlight • Historical Site

Maintained by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Rifle Butts Quarry was created to provide stone for the construction of the railway line adjacent to the nature reserve. The site was then used as a rifle range from the 1890s to the First World War.

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6.08 km

Public Footpath Gate at End of Rail Trail

Highlight • Trail

Nice place to stop, or carry on a further mile and a bit to reach Market Weighton itself, has a large Tescos plus a bakers etc

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6.15 km

Hudson Way Poetry Bench

Highlight • Viewpoint

Maybe someone with greater knowledge of poetry than me (not difficult, I know nothing about it 😊 ) will be able to read, decipher and post an explanation here. I don't recognise the words so googled them, and the opening line "From dark to dark the bird flies through the fire-lit hall" bears an uncanny resemblance to the Venerable Bede's account of a council advising King Edwin of Northumbria whether or not they should convert to Christianity. See englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-sparrows-flight-through-king-edwins.html, or ccel.org/ccel/bede/history.v.ii.xiii.html

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6.72 km

Market Weighton Rail Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

Gets very boggy in parts when its rained

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7.01 km

St. Helen's Well

Highlight • Natural Monument

Natural spring and restored well - information board gives a good background to the site. Lots of ribbons tied on a tree for good luck, which is very reminiscent of the tanabata festival in Japan.

The spring that feeds this well also causes the trail to become flooded and boggy in winter several metres past the well (heading east away from Market Weighton).

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9.37 km

Market Weighton Town Centre

Highlight • Monument

Market Weighton is a rural town with a bustling high street and plenty to offer the thirsty, hungry cyclist by way of cafes and pubs.

William Bradley is Market Weighton's most famous resident. Although born in 1787 he remains Britain's tallest ever man at 7ft 9 inches tall and weighing 27 stone. There is a statue of Bradley in the town and his giant chair still sits in the Londesborough Arms.

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