The Gypsey Race is a winterbourne stream[3] that rises to the east of Wharram-le-Street and flows through the villages of Duggleby, Kirby Grindalythe, West Lutton, East Lutton, Helperthorpe, Weaverthorpe, Butterwick, Foxholes, Wold Newton, Burton Fleming, Rudston and Boynton.

[3] The Gypsey Race rises in the Great Wold Valley[4] through a series of springs and flows intermittently between Duggleby and West Lutton where it runs underground in the chalk aquifer before re-surfacing in Rudston.

It has been known during very wet conditions for the stream to re-appear at Wold Newton[5] some 4.3 miles (7 km) north-west of Rudston.

[5] According to folklore, when the Gypsey Race is flowing in flood (The Woe Waters), bad fortune is at hand.

[1] The stream also badly flooded the village of Burton Fleming in 2012 when the water was 2 feet (0.61 m) deep in places.