Maps

Local maps:

• Village map showing street names and locations of amenities
• Public rights of way, and permissive footpaths around the village
• Public rights of way, and permissive footpaths around Skipwith Common

NB: Public rights of way are a statutory right that must be made accessible by the landowner. Permissive rights of way are where the landowner has at their discretion made a footpath/bridleway accessible. Permissive rights of way may have restrictions upon dates/time of use; people that can use them; or may be revoked by the landowner at their sole discretion.  Parts of Skipwith Common are open access land.

Escrick Parish

• Map showing the extent of Escrick Parish
• Map showing the extent of the Escrick Conservation Area

Local authority maps:

• North Yorkshire Present day map (including public footpaths)
• East Riding public footpath map
• City of York public footpath map 

Sustrans - Solar Way:

The route uses the trackbed of the old East Coast Mainline railway, which was bought by Sustrans for £1 in the 1980s and turned into one of its very first traffic-free paths.

https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/york-to-selby

More information about the history of the route is available here: https://railwaytogreenway.org/

Local walks

Some suggested local walks provided by a resident

Walks around Skipwith Common 

Historic maps

• Historic maps - NYCC
• Historic maps (~1910) - National Library of Scotland
• Historic maps (~1945) - National Library of Scotland
• Historic maps (~1954) - National Library of Scotland

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