Walk: Pollington Canal, Cowick Gorse and Dorr Lane

This circular walk through the countryside to Pollington uses part of The Trans Pennine Trail. There are splendid views of the canal and an optional diversion to Pollington Lock. The nearest shops and food outlets are in Snaith.

The Route

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• Start Point: Snaith Station Car Park DN14 9HY SE643223
• Finish Point: Snaith Station Car Park
• Distance: 7.75 Miles

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Walk Description

A mixture of road, field side, track and canal side walking under a wide-open sky are the features of this Heritage Walk. (HW no7) There are 15 Heritage Walks in this area and walk packs are available locally. Details are given on the Walkers Information Board at the station.

1. Leave the car park through the vehicle entrance and turn left on George Street.
2. Look out for a community path on the right.
3. Walk up the path, passing a Blue Plaque that highlights the old primary school.
4. At the end of the path, there is a HERITAGE BOARD giving the history of the Methodist Church that you have passed.
5. Turn left, cross the road at the bollards and then turn left.
6. Turn right up Mill Lane and follow the lane round a left-hand bend.
7. Look out for a way marker to a very narrow footpath.
8. Go down the footpath, turn right at the end and then left down Finnley’s Lane.
9. Go over the motorway bridge and just before the bottom of the hill, turn right on a footpath.
   10 Follow the way-markers around the wood, over a dyke, through a camp and out onto a road.
10. Turn right on a track and round a left-hand bend.
11. Ignore a right fork and walk straight forward, eventually alongside Cowick Gorse.
12. At the end of this section, turn right, eventually reaching the canal bank.
13. Follow the canal bank and then a tarmac lane which leads to a bridge over the canal. Good views along the canal to Pollington Lock. An optional diversion from here along the left bank to the lock and a HERITAGE BOARD will add a total of one mile to your journey.
14. From the bridge, bear left up the lane which will lead to Long Lane.
15. Walk alongside Long Lane, over the motorway to the main road.
16. Cross the main road, turn right and then left down Dorr Lane. This is an ancient green lane and was the burial route from Pollington to the graveyard at Snaith Church.
17. At the top of a slight rise, turn right onto a footpath. Keep on this footpath all the way to Church Lane.
18. Turn right and left passing the church.
19. Turn left down Buttermarket and then right on Mill Street and back to the station.