Eastern Cemetery

A pleasant circular walk, mainly a nature walk, taking in the well-kept, peaceful Eastern Cemetery.

Walk details and distance

Grade

Moderate to challenging

OS Explorer Map No.

293

Distance

• 3.23 kilometres
• 2.01 miles

Start and End Point

Preston Road
HU9 5AN

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Accessibility Information

This route -

• has no stiles but does include other structures, for example, steps, gates, boardwalks or bridges
• includes steps or steep inclines
• includes sections of difficult terrain, for example, rough ground, boggy grass or scree
• includes varying inclines and may not be suitable for inexperienced walkers or walkers with limited mobility or fitness
• lies within remote areas, away from settlements
• takes place in an active cemetery. Please be respectful and keep pets on a lead

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

Walk Description

1. Start on Preston Road near the bus stop, walk through the stone gated columns into Eastern Cemetery
2. At the first service road junction, turn left, follow the service road around the perimeter of Eastern Cemetery
3. Walk back towards the red-bricked cemetery chapel, make a left turn onto a footpath
4. At the next junction, make a right turn
5. Turn right and follow the service road as it curves around the chapel, and follow the road to the exit
6. Cross the Preston Road dual carriageway and join Poorhouse Lane
7. Continue down Poorhouse Lane past the entrance to Craven Park stadium to reach the segregated footpath and cycle track. Keep on the footpath side to the left
8. Walk along the tree-lined path and cross the shared-use footway and cycle track, which is the former Hull to Withernsea Railway line
9. Turn right at Greatfield Lane and carry on walking until you reach Marfleet Lane
10. Turn right onto Marfleet Lane and carry on walking straight to the fork with Marfleet Avenue
11. At the crown of the road, turn right and cross the former Hull to Withernsea Railway line and bear left on the shared footway between the walled path of the Station Cottage and the former Marfleet Station rail platform, to rejoin Marfleet Lane
12. Shortly after walking past the primary school entrance, turn right to join the public footpath between the allotment gardens and the primary school
13. Continue along the footpath, alongside the drain, which takes you through an outcrop of trees and across ‘Marfleet fields', bear right and cross the footbridge over 'Marfleet drain', and follow the footpath until you reach Poorhouse Lane
14. Turn left and follow the footway along Poorhouse Lane until reaching a passageway
15. Take the footpath on the left and carry on walking straight ahead until you reach Preston Road
16. Turn right after crossing Preston Road and follow the footway, which will take you back to your start point

Features of Interest

Poorhouse Lane (now the access road to HKR stadium) was named due to a poorhouse or workhouse being located in the vicinity. The exterior of the Eastern Cemetery is mainly red brick built in Flemish Stretcher Bond with tapered stretchers forming round-headed openings. A war memorial featuring a stylised lion is sited in the central porch of the Eastern Cemetery to the left of the entrance to the cloister.