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Wolds Edge, a small development of just two self catering lodges, offer the perfect rural retreat for your stay in East Yorkshire. Situated in the idyllic village of Bishop Wilton at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds the lodges provide an ideal base for your chosen break. Whether it is an action filled activity holiday or a relaxing rural weekend getaway Wolds Edge is perfect.

Ideally located on the Hockney Trail, Wolds Edge gives immediate access to many of the places that David Hockney visited to create his art works of the Yorkshire countryside.

Wolds Edge Lodge

Wolds Edge Lodge Bedroom

The home of Sir Tatton Sykes, 8th Baronet.

Amongst Country homes, Sledmere House ranks highly in the list of visitors’ favourite places to visit in East Yorkshire with many events happening throughout the year.

It is a House of unique character and charm is now maintained as a family home and is the centre piece of a thriving rural estate.

Here you will find a tea room, gardens and the Triton gallery to visit.

Hockney travelled through Sledmere on the way from Bridlington to York many times, and it was here that he found inspiration to paint ‘The Road to York Through Sledmere‘ in 1979.

Burton Agnes Hall

Burton Agnes Hall is a short car journey from Bridlington and offers lots of great things for the visitor.

The gardens were part of a series of paintings  named  Midsummer: East Yorkshire (Jungle Garden, Burton Agnes Hall), 2005.

The gardens are carefully tendered and there are pleasant woodland walks with many specimen trees to see. There is an art gallery which displays local art many of which is available for sale.

In the hall it is filled with treasures collected and commissioned by the family over four centuries. The original Elizabethan carving and plasterwork still decorates many rooms, while there are some lovely examples of Georgian furniture and porcelain and many modern French and English paintings of the Impressionist Schools.

Marcus Wickham-Boynton, the previous owner of Burton Agnes Hall, started his collection of English and French paintings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in 1937 with the encouragement of two collector friends; Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill and the Right Hon. Harcourt ‘Crinks’ Johnstone. His appreciation of French Impressionists owed much to the influence of Samuel Courtauld. The directors of the Adams Gallery gave him much valuable advice and help in the choice of individual paintings.

Sewerby Hall and Gardens

Sewerby Gardens

Sewerby Hall is situated 2 miles north of the seaside resort of Bridlington, on the East Yorkshire coast. The grade I listed country house is set in 50 acres of landscaped gardens in a cliff top location on the outskirts of Sewerby village.

The Hall houses a large number of historical items relating to the local area.

The West Wing Gallery houses a rolling programme of exhibitions that showcase the best of East Riding Art and Sculpture. It is also home to the annual Open Art exhibition which is open to amateur and professional artists within a forty mile radius. The Regency Room contains art works from the local area throughout the season when Sewerby Hall is open.

In the Amy Johnson room a collection of exhibits celebrate the life of the aviator made famous for her solo flight to Australia.

Burnby Hall and Gardens

Close to the centre of Pocklington on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds Burnby Hall and Gardens are home to  a National Collection of Hardy Water Lilies – the biggest such collection to be found in a natural setting in Europe.

The two lakes that contain the lilies are set in eight acres of beautiful gardens – including rock gardens, a natural shrubbery, formal beds, the Secret Garden, a Victorian Garden and many other attractions, details of which may be found here on our website.

Huggates's St. Mary's Church Spire

During August 2005, Hockney visited Huggate and painted ‘Huggates’s St. Mary’s Church Spire‘ , which measures 61 x 91.5 cm

Huggate is the highest village on the Yorkshire Wolds at around 558 feet (170 metres) above sea level at the south side and has one of the deepest wells in England. The village contains a pub the Wolds Inn.  It serves food and welcomes walkers and cyclists.

If you are following the route of the trail, then you would make a U turn at this location and head back towards Huggate on the way to the top of Garrowby Hill.

A Larger Valley, 2004

Millington Pastures, one of the few areas of access land in the Yorkshire Wolds is a fantastic place to walk and cycle and easily accessible from the nearby market town of Pocklington. During Hockneys visit here in 2004 the artist created a water colour painting called ‘A Larger Valley’ which measures 101.6 x 153 cm.

Millington Woods is one of the few remaining wooded dales in the Yorkshire Wolds. It is a popular beauty spot and is known locally for its springs – Millington Springs – which formerly supported large beds of watercress. Millington Pastures holds a stock of highland cattle, it is also renowned for its beautiful scenery, for bike riding and for walking.

The Road to Thwing

The painting that Hockney created in this location was called ‘The Road to Thwing‘, Early Spring, 2006, Oil on Canvas, 6 parts overall size 188cm x 376cm

Hockney visited this location during 2006. On my visit, there had been a recent snow fall making the scene appear very different from the painting that the artist had done. Things that do not change however, so making recognition of the landscape easier are the positions of the trees and hedges.

If you are aware of a gallery that is missing please email us

Robert E Fuller
Fotherdale Farm, Thixendale, Malton, YO17 9LS
Tel: 01759 368 355

www.robertefuller.com

Robert E Fuller is one of Britain’s foremost wildlife artists. His paintings sell all over the world and his trademark, highly-detailed images have been adopted at home by the RSPB and the National Trust. He has exhibited in wildlife galleries across Europe and up to 7,000 people visit his own gallery in North Yorkshire each year.

The Acorn Gallery
5 Market Place, Pocklington, East Yorkshire, YO42 2AS
Tel: 01759 307652

www.theacorngallery.co.uk/
An art gallery dealing in contemporary art, local artists and limited editions from Washington Green as well as original art.

Hoganart
Five Pennies, East Street, Kilham, Driffield, East Yorkshire, YO25 4RE
PHONE: 01262 420068

www.hoganart.co.uk/

Tony and Eileen Hogan are experienced professional artists who also run “Art Breaks in Yorkshire” Art Holiday Courses, from their country cottage home/studio in the magnificent Yorkshire Wolds village of Kilham.

Gallery 49
1 Market Place, Old Town Bridlington, YO16 4QJ
Tel: 01262 679472

www.galleryforty-nine.com

Situated in the Market Place of the Georgian Old Town area of Bridlington, Gallery 49 occupies two floors of a listed building and has four exhibition spaces showing Paintings, Sculpture, Jewellery and Ceramics by contemporary British artists.

Richard Burton Art Centre
19 Main Street, Buckton, Bridlington, East Yorkshire, YO15 1HU
Tel: 01262 850296

www.rockvillefarmcottages.co.uk/art_gallery.php

A selection of Original Paintings and Prints are displayed on the website and can be purchased at the Art Centre or through the website.

The Triton Gallery
Sledmere House, Driffield, East Yorkshire, YO25 3XG
Tel: 01377 236637

www.sledmerehouse.com/triton-gallery

The magnificent building opposite the entrance to Sledmere House was built in the 1840s as a ‘Model Farm’, part of which now houses the Triton Gallery. During the season there will be a series of exhibitions by leading local artists and a chance to purchase works of art.

Henderson Fine Arts
18 Church Street, Welton, Brough, HU15 1NH

www.hendersonfinearts.co.uk

Henderson Fine Arts is a family owned gallery, situated in the village of Welton in the beautiful East Riding of Yorkshire.

Wolds Village Art Gallery, Restaurant & Tea Room
Manor Farm, Bainton, England, YO25 9EF

www.woldsvillage.co.uk/artgallery.htm

Situated in the Heart of the Yorkshire Wolds, an area which has inspired many local artists including David Hockney, who has a large body of work based on this area. “Tall Trees at Warter” was painted less than 5 miles away.

Beverley Art Gallery
Treasure House, Champney Road, Beverley, HU17 8HE

www2.eastriding.gov.uk/leisure/museums-and-galleries/east-riding-museums-and-galleries/beverley-art-gallery/

There are two exhibition galleries at Beverley Art Gallery. The first of these shows works from the permanent collection, which includes the largest collection of works by celebrated local artist Fred Elwell and his wife Mary Dawson Elwell. More information on the Elwells is available below. The gallery also has a display chest in which smaller items from the permanent collection, and those sensitive to light, are displayed. The world’s largest cattle painting, “A Panic” is on permanent display here.

The second of the two galleries shows a programme of temporary exhibitions of local artists and touring exhibitions.

Ferens Art Gallery
Hull City Council, Queen Victoria Square, Hull, HU1 3RA

Ferens Art Gallery

The gallery’s permanent collection of paintings and sculpture spans artistic periods from medieval times to the present day. The collection includes European Old Masters, portraiture, marine paintings, and modern and contemporary British art. Highlights include masterpieces by Frans Hals, Antonio Canaletto, Stanley Spencer, David Hockney, Helen Chadwick and Gillian Wearing.

The Yorkshire Wolds Way is one of the main walks in the area and takes in 79 miles of the best countryside that the Wolds have to offer.

Starting at the Humber Bridge the route heads to North Ferriby before heading north on the the Wolds. The route continues via South Cave, Goodmanham, Millington, Huggate, Fridaythorpe, Thixendale, Duggleby then heads west towards Filey along the edge of the escarpment overlooking the Vale of Pickering.

On the route there is a good selection of accommodation including hotels, bed and breakfasts, cabins and camping.

A number benches by the artist and furniture maker Angus Ross have been created on the route. Also en route are art creations by John Easterby. These were featured recently on the BBC1 programme Countryfile.

There are many walks to be found at the East Riding of Yorkshire website here. All the walks listed are graded in difficulty and are circulars.

Other walks also include:

• The Beverley 20 (20 Miles)

• High Hunsley Circuit (24 Miles)

• Hudson Way (11 Miles) – Named after the Railway Pioneer George Hudson

• Minster Way (50 Miles) – Starts in Beverley and ends in York

• The Chalkland Way (40 Miles) – The route takes in the villages of Great Givendale,Bishop Wilton, Bugthorpe, Thixendale, Fimber, Wetwang and Huggate.

• Centenary Way (83 Miles) – Begins in York and ends at Filey Brigg

The following maps cover the area of the Hockney Trail:

Ordnance Survey Explorer Map (1:25,000)

The Explorer series are the ideal companion if you are a walker or cyclist as they show a lot more detail than the Landranger maps offer.

294 Market Weighton & Yorkshire Wolds Central
295 Bridlington, Driffield & Hornsea
300 Howardian Hills and Malton

Ordnance Survey Landranger (1:50,000)

100 Malton and Pickering
101 Scarborough, Bridlington, Filey
106 Market Weighton

Of interest in Langtoft is The Old Mill Hotel and Restaurant which serves food from our widely varied A La Carte menu from 12 until 2:00 in the afternoon and 6.00pm until 9:00 in the evenings.

There is a local pub called the Ship Inn on Scarborough Road.

The following picture was taken on a very cold winters day in February 2012.

The location on a map is here

The location of 'Tracks Into Wheat Field Near Langtoft, July 2005' by David Hockney