Yellow Walk, Coatham Woods
3.7 miles (6 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Coatham Woods car park. About 1½ hours, easy.
Start: NZ 396 154, and finish. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file of the part mapped so far (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Map incomplete. Forestry England’s line for this walk is about 2.6 miles of the 3.7 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing. See the whole route on the publisher’s page.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 27 m of climbing and 27 m of descent; highest point 34 m.
Facts
- Code
- NE 1130
- Distance
- 3.7 miles (6 km). We measure 2.6 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryengland.uk
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- About 1½ hours
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- North East
- County
- Durham
- Total ascent
- About 27 m. Highest point 34 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Bus stops
- Bus stop, 960 m from the start. Directions NZ 401 145Bus stop, 960 m from the start. Directions NZ 401 145
- Car park
- Car park, 90 m from the start. Directions NZ 395 153
What to expect
No steep climbs: no kilometre gains more than about 11 m.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
OpenStreetMap records no pub or café within a quarter of a mile of the way: take food and drink with you.
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Connecting routes
- NE 1132Green Walk, Coatham WoodsShares 0.6 miles of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Coatham Woods. This route starts and finishes on it at Coatham Woods car park.
Walks nearby
- NE 1014Thornaby Trail Loop8.5 miles, circular. Starts 3.8 miles away
- YH 137Three Ridings on FootLong-distance route, 20.6 miles, one way. Starts 5.7 miles away
- NE 1057Barmpton & Little Ketton3.5 miles, circular. Starts 6.3 miles away
- NE 1022Marton West Beck5.9 miles, one way. Starts 6.5 miles away
- NE 1050Brafferton & Newton Ketton4 miles, circular. Starts 7.3 miles away
- NE 1006Tees Link11 miles, one way. Starts 7.5 miles away
Sources
Checked against forestryengland.uk on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Forestry England, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Forestry England).
- Facts: forestryengland.uk
Something wrong or missing?
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