Woldgate is a minor road in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which follows the line of a Roman road. It runs for a distance of 10 miles (16 km) from a junction with the A165 on the western edge of Bridlington, through the village of Kilham, to a junction with the B1249 4 miles (6 km) north of Driffield. For most of its length Woldgate follows a low ridge of the Yorkshire Wolds, with extensive views to north and south.
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The Roman road ran from the coast at Bridlington to York. Its line can be traced west from the western end of Woldgate along a series of bridleways and minor roads, and then a stretch of the A166, to Stamford Bridge, where it crossed the River Derwent by a ford.[1]
Woldgate was the subject of a series of landscapes created in 2006 by the artist David Hockney.[2]
National Cycle Route 1 follows the eastern part of Woldgate.
References
edit- ^ "Yorkshire Roman Roads Project. A gazetteer of Roman roads in Yorkshire". Roman Roads Research Association. 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ "Hockney Trail in Yorkshire". Retrieved 27 June 2015.
External links
editMedia related to Woldgate at Wikimedia Commons