South Ferriby

Start - Public car park near Nelthorpe Arms, Skinners Lane, DN18 6HN

• 1
  Leave the car park on Skinners Lane, turn left down Old Post Office Lane, then turn right.
• 2
  Turn left onto Sluice Road, carefully cross A1077 main road towards footbridge.
• 3
  Go through a Kissing gate on the right towards the river bank.
• 4
  The path turns inland at a bird hide and bends again going parallel with the shoreline still on the embankment passing small lakes on the right and the river on the left.
• 5
  The path descends to the shoreline just after passing the imposing South Ferriby Hall on the right.
• 6
  After a short distance (about 50 yards) steps lead up and a path leads uphill alongside a field. Follow this path uphill with a hedge on your right.
• 7
  The path meets a wide track at a very long seat. This wide track is the Viking Way (To extend the walk turn left for about ½ mile to a good viewpoint opposite a police firing range). Turn right and return to the village.
• 8
  Pass North End Road to your right and pass a little pond on the left hand side of the road. Turn right down The Rise. This road swings left at the bottom past a chapel into Farrishes Lane.
• 9
  Turn right onto Sluice Road, cross A1077, turn left into Low Skinners Lane and return to car park.