Foredyke Stream

A pleasant walk, taking in parts of Foredyke Stream, Rockford Fields and the Trans Pennine and Hornsea Rail Trail.

WALK DETAILS AND DISTANCE

Circular Walk - Yes

Grade - Easy to Moderate

Walk Type - Easy Walk, Healthy Walk, From your Doorstep Walks

OS Explorer Map No - 293

Public Transport - For up-to-date bus timetable information visit Stagecoach or East Yorkshire buses

Refreshments - For information about what is available nearby, visit our Visit Hull website. Before setting off you are advised to confirm opening times and availability of -

  • local pubs
  • restaurants
  • cafes

Public Conveniences - Check the location of nearby public toilets. If you plan to use toilets at an attraction or eatery, you are advised to check opening times and availability before setting off.

Distance: 2.75 Kilometres - 1.71 Miles

LOCATION

Start Point - Chamberlain Road (HU8 8HW)

End point - Chamberlain Road (HU8 8HW)

ACESSABILITY INFORMATION

This route -

  • has no stiles but does include other structures i.e. steps, chicanes, gates, boardwalks or bridges
  • includes one or more busy road crossings or a section of road walking
  • includes sections of difficult terrain i.e. rough ground, boggy grass or scree
  • lies within remote areas, away from settlements

You are advised to carry a mobile phone and advise someone of your planned route before setting off.

HELP THE ENVIRONMENT

Please don’t drop litter, use a litter bin or take it home with you. Please pick up after your dog.

DESCRIPTION - 

  1. starting on the north side of Chamberlain Road, near Mayville Avenue, with the Toucan crossing behind you, pass through the access control and join the Foredyke Stream segregated footpath and cycle track, if possible, please keep to the right of the divider kerb.
  2. as you walk along the Foredyke Stream, you will pass the allotments on the righthand side.
  3. after passing a small, wooded area you will reach the footpath running across the grassed meadow (Rockford Fields) where you turn right.
  4. following the footpath and cycle track across Rockford Fields, the path then joins the Trans Pennine Trail (TPT) and Hornsea Rail Trail at this point turn right, joining the shared use footway and cycle track trail.
  5. .continue walking southward, until you reach the Toucan crossing at Chamberlain Road, after crossing the road re-join the TPT and Hornsea Rail Trail and continue walking.
  6. cross Dunscombe Park and continue to the fork where TPT / Hornsea Rail Trail meets Foredyke Stream.
  7. where Hornsea Rail Trail starts / ends, and the TPT continues to the city centre and beyond, turn right re-joining the Foredyke Stream, heading north along the segregated footpath and cycle track, please keep to the right of the dividing kerb, if possible.
  8. continue walking along Foredyke Stream until you arrive at the Toucan crossing on Chamberlain Road, where you started

FEATURES OF INTEREST

Stoneferry was formerly a small hamlet on the east bank of the River Hull, the site of a ferry, and, after 1905, a bridge.

The Hull and Hornsea Railway was opened passing roughly north through the eastern extreme of the Stoneferry area in the 1860s, the line closed in 1965, following the Beeching Report.

Rockford Fields may now be surrounded by housing on three sides, but has a history which few know about, going back to the 12th century and the Monks of Meaux. In the summer it bursts into life, with a rich variety of grasses and wildflowers. As well as species like knapweed, bird’s foot trefoil, and red fescue, commonly found on grass chalkland, it provides a home for a very rare species in the city, crow garlic or allium vineale. Bats visit to feed, and grass snakes have been reported along with song thrush and linnet. The field is what’s left of an expanse of ancient meadow and pasture called Sutton Ings which continued to be grazed by cattle up until the mid-1950s.

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