Centenary Way To Wharram Percy Traditional Cache

The cache is located on the Centenary Way (North Yorkshire), an 83 mile Long Distance Footpath from Filey Brigg to York Minster. The cache can be found as an individual cache or as part of a three cache mini series involving a 3 mile circular walk. The other two caches are:

The paths can get very muddy so suitable footwear is required. This is a sheep and cattle grazing area therefore dogs must be kept on a lead.

Wharram Percy is the most famous and intensively studied of Britain's 3,000 or so deserted medieval villages and occupies a remote but attractive site in a beautiful Wolds valley. Above the ruins of St. Martins Church and a recreated fishpond, the outlines of many lost houses are traceable on a grassy plateau. First settled in prehistoric times, Wharram Percy flourished as a village between the 12th and 14th centuries, before final abandonment in c.1500.

It is now in the care of English Heritage.
www.english-heritage.org.uk

The site is open all year and admission is free.

The recommended parking for the circular walk is the English Heritage car park for the Wharram Percy deserted medieval village, clearly signposted from the B1248.

The suggested route for the walk is to turn right out of the car park and follow the minor road south until you reach a gate by a double bend, signposting the Centenary Way. Leave the road here and follow the Centenary Way along the track (passing and ignoring a bridlepath on your left) until you reach a stile and signs for the Wolds Way. Turn right and follow the Wolds Way, descending to the Wharram Percy deserted village. Pass through the village and follow the Wolds Way back uphill to the car park.

The cache is a small Tupperware-style container.

Originally the cache contained: