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National Walking Month: May 1 – May 31
May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023
Walking is a great way to improve your physical health, mental well-being, enjoy the fresh air and outdoors. It’s opportunity to discover nature and walking is fun, flexible and free.
There are fantastic public rights of way (footpaths and bridleways) in and around Leeds that you can use to explore green spaces, parks, country estates, nature reserves and surrounding countryside:
Great walks in Leeds:
There are a number of fantastic rights of way in and around Leeds that you can use to explore the green spaces of the city.
Long distance routes
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- Leeds Country Way – A 62 mile circular walking route around Leeds
- Trans Pennine Trail – Leeds-Wakefield section
View the Trans Pennine Trail interactive map online.
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- Dales Way Link – A 19 mile feeder route from Leeds to Ilkley
View the Dales Way Link interactive map online.
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- Ebor Way – A 70 mile walk from Helmsley to Ilkley via York. The route passes through the northern part of the Leeds district
View the Ebor Way interactive map online.
Shorter routes
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- Meanwood Valley Trail – A 7-mile walking route through the Meanwood Valley to Golden Acre Park
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- Pudsey Link Bridleway – A 6-mile, linear bridleway between Tong village and Apperley Bridge
- The Linesway – A 3-mile long disused railway between Garforth and Allerton Bywater
- The Wetherby Railway Path – A disused railway cycle route linking Wetherby to Spofforth and Thorp Arch
View the Wetherby Railway Path interactive map online.
- The Rothwell Greenway – A disused railway route running between Lofthouse, Robin Hood and Rothwell
- Wyke Beck Way – A walking and cycling route following the Wyke Beck valley between Temple Newsam and Roundhay Park
- Fulneck Loop and Calverley Loop – circular bridleway routes through attractive countryside in Pudsey
- The Temple Newsam bridle path – A 6-mile circular route around Temple Newsam Estate