2. A short and sweet walk from a
wonderful ancient church and over
fields and then paths and a finally a
steady climb back to the beginning.
An ideal walk for Autumn or over the
Christmas period, as you can
complete the walk after a Christmas
service. There is a steady and fairly
challenging climb back after you leave
the water mill.
3. Getting There
Travelling from Middlesbrough, follow the A19 south
to Thirsk. Follow the road from Thrisk which is the
A170 up Sutton Bank. Follow the A170 signposted
to Scarborough which will eventually pass through
Helmsley. Follow the road out of Hemlsley and
drive through the village of Beadlam. Just after
Beadlam look for a left turn where the road bends
to the right which will be signposted for the minster.
Park in the overflow car park or if attending a
church service park in the car park spaces outside
the church.
5. The Walk
From the car park
backtrack to just before
the road you drove down
and look right to a
signpost which is s short
climb up the field at the
top.
6. Turn right onto the field
and follow the path until
you come to a gate onto
a path to the right into
the wood.
7. Follow the path
through the trees until
you emerge onto a
lane. Turn right and
follow the lane down
passing a hidden lime
kiln to the left.
9. Soon you will
arrive at Hold
Cauldron. Cross
a stone bridge in
front of an old
water mill and
look for a gate on
the right which
will rise steadily
through the trees.
10. Follow the track and at a fork bear left and
continue to climb passing another fork to a
junction at the top. Go left and through a
gate out of the trees above. Walk away
ahead across the field and at the far side of
the field follow the perimeter of the field to
the right. Soon you will reach a gate from
which a path descends onto a track.
11. Take a sharp right turn and
walk down into a woodland
valley, keeping left at two
forks in the track. Look for a
three fingered bridleway sign
at the bottom. Go left above
the stream bed. Take the right
branch at the next fork to
emerge in a meadow.
12. Keep ahead until you
come to the ford which
you hopefully inspected
at the start of the walk
to see if it was ok to
cross. Cross over and
follow the grass track to
a gate back to St
Gregory's Minster.
