Leaves Trail

A circular walk (with a slight detour) - with oak based sculptures hewn out of Yorkshire Stone, once part of Old Masham Station railway platform.

Footbridge

Footbridge

Once beneath our work shoes but now for walking

There is a small beck, crossed by some haphazard stones where the light railway once crossed the River Ure on a wooden bridge and a path runs along the river bank up to a now disused quarry.   An obvious place where a small bridge could function and a fitting memorial to the crossing of the Colsterdale Light Railway.  The centre of this bridge which is two connected leaves has a two foot width - the same as the two foot railway gauge.  

Turn right down the track until you reach a humpback bridge over Swinney Beck.  Turn left and then right at Fearby Road and turn right again when you reach the A6108, the Leyburn to Ripon road.  Walk past the garage; pass the site of the White Bear pub and the memorial to civilians killed in bombing during the Second World War and head downhill to the avenue of lime trees which leads to Masham Bridge.  Just before the bridge head left, cross a stile and walk along the riverbank until you reach Leaf 6 (The Footbridge).  From here retrace your steps to Masham Bridge, back along the Lime Avenue and then branch left along Silver Street, which leads back to the Market Place.