The White Rose Way is a walking trail in England from

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...

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. It was created in 2011 by local author Paul Brown. The walk starts at the foot of the Black Prince Statue in

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with the finish line being at the former harbour-side Tourist Information Centre in the South Bay, Scarborough (now Esposito's Ice Cream next to Ask Restaurant). The walk links existing trails with little used footpaths, passing through suburbs of Leeds to quickly enter linked park land and into the grounds of

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. The Wharfe Valley follows, leading to the market town of

Wetherby Wetherby () is a market town and civil parish in the City of Leeds district, West Yorkshire, England, close to West Yorkshire county's border with North Yorkshire, and lies approximately from Leeds City Centre, from York and from Harrogat ...

, and on to the agricultural plains of the

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via

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and Tadcaster. The walk passes through Fulford and Kexby and up the River Derwent into Stamford Bridge. The Derwent Valley is followed in to Malton and Thornton le Dale. The North York Moors National Park is traversed through Wykeham Forest and Dalby Forest to the hamlet of Harwood Dale. The walk pushes on to Cloughton before following the

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for the last few miles in to Scarborough. The guide to the walk (''The White Rose Way'' by Paul Brown) was published in 2012 by Hazelbury Publishing ().

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External links

White Rose Way website

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Long-distance footpaths in England Footpaths in West Yorkshire Footpaths in the East Riding of Yorkshire Footpaths in North Yorkshire 2011 establishments in England {{UK-trail-stub

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