Goodmanham has several public footpaths passing through it - some obvious and well sign posted and others not quite so obvious.
►The first path begins at a point on Edwins Garth and leads, between two rows of terraced houses, to a stile which in turn leads into field. It then runs aprox due North to a small bridge across a stream.
► The second path begins at a point on the bend in the road opposite the Goodmanham Arms public house. There is a small lane running alongside several lock-up garages. The path begins at the end of this short lane with a stile into a field - the Footpath Finger Post sign is currently missing although the post remains. It then runs aprox North West through the field until it meets the previous path at the small bridge.
► A less well known path begins at a point near to the telephone box adjacent to Blacksmiths Cottage on Fleetbeck Lane. This path is signposted but its course is not very clear on the OS map. The path takes an aprox North Westerly route down a hill to a Kissing Gate at the bottom. The stream runs through a culvert beneath this path near to the gate. After the gate the bears left and eventually meets the previous paths at the old disused railway track.
► All these paths now become one and take a northerly route out of the Parish.
► Yet another path, this one very well known as the Wolds Way Long Distance Trail, leaves the village in a northerly direction along Wateringdike Lane. This is appears as a track beginning between Cherry Tree Cottage and the Old Hall Cottages (The Trail enters the village by road from Spring Wells to the South East of the Parish). Care should be taken on this path as the track is also used by farm traffic.
► On the very edge of the Parish we have the Hudson’s Way footpath that runs between Market Weighton and Beverley along the course of the old trackbed of the York to Beverley railway Line (now disused). This path can be accessed from Goodmanham Parish at either the old railway bridge on Red Lane or at the point on the Goodmanham to Dalton Road (Spring Wells) where the old railway crossed the road. This is a pleasant and level path which gives easy access to the Rifle Butts Quarry Nature Reserve and also the Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit Nature Reserve all within 3 miles of Goodmanham.
There is one more little known path that runs parallel to the Hudson’s Way path for about 300 yards or so just after the Railway Bridge on Red Lane. The path is on your left as you walk in the direction of Beverley and is accessed by descending a short flight of steps down to the stream. The path follows the course of the stream before rejoining the Hudson’s Way path. This path frequently becomes overgrown and is sometimes difficult to walk along.
The following links will lead you to other Web-sites that give details of Walks in and through Goodmanham Parish
