Tracks and Trails

Start and Finish: Carlingill Bridge
Approximate time for the walk: 4 hours
Distance: 7 and an half miles.
Landscape: Glacial deposits, folded strata with golden-ringed dragonfly, dor beetle, parsley bettle, fresh water sponge.
Map: Outdoor Leisure Map 19, Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley
Description of the walk:
A. This walk starts from Carlingill Bridge. Start by walking up the side [...]

Start and Finish: Ewegales Bridge
Approximate time for the walk: 6 hours
Distance: 10 miles.
Landscape: High Moorland and glacial landscape
Map: Outdoor Leisure Map 2, Yorkshire Dales, Southern and Western areas
Description of the walk:
A. This walks from the camp-site in Ewegales Bridge. From the camp-site, walk along up-stream the river, which will soon lead Lea Yeat Bridge. [...]

Start and Finish: Dent
Approximate time for the walk: 7 hours
Distance: 11 and a half miles.
Landscape: High Moorland and glacial landscape
Map: Outdoor Leisure Map 2, Yorkshire Dales, Southern and Western areas
Description of the walk:
A. Start from Car Park on the main street in Dent. Walk down the high street passing Sun Inn and George and Dragon, [...]

Start and Finish: Gunnerside
Approximate time for the walk: 4 hours
Distance: 7 miles
Landscape: Former lead mining area with minerals galena, spharlerite, fluorite, barite with St Johns wort, early purple and spotted orchid, wild strawberry, coltsfoot and large bittercress and meadowsweet.
Map: Outdoor Leisure Map 30, Yorkshire Dales, Northern and Central areas
Description of the walk:
A. The walk starts [...]

Start and Finish: Reeth centre
Approximate time for the walk: 5 hours
Distance: 8 miles
Landscape: Lead mine spoil heaps, hushes and bell pits, yellow wagtail and redstart
Map: Outdoor Leisure Map 30, Yorkshire Dales, Northern and Central areas
Description of the walk:
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Start and Finish: West Witton
Approximate time for the walk: 4 hours
Distance: 7 and a half miles
Landscape: Landslips, stepped profile of Penhill, moorland plants, raven, peregrine, curlew, brown hare.
Map: Outdoor Leisure Map 30, Yorkshire Dales, Northern and Central areas
Description of the walk:
A. The walk starts at the top west end of the village of West Witton. [...]

Start and Finish: Askrigg
Approximate time for the walk: 2.5 hours
Distance: 3 and a half miles
Landscape: Yoredale strata in the waterfalls, a coal seam, fossils, wood warbler, nuthatch, common spotted and fragrant orchids.
Map: Outdoor Leisure Map 30, Yorkshire Dales, Northern and Central areas
Description of the walk:
A. The walk starts at the church at the west of [...]

Start and Finish: Aysgarth Falls National Park Visitor Centre
Approximate time for the walk: 4 hours
Distance: 7 miles
Landscape: Great scar limestone, good bird watching with lapwing, curlew, redshank
Map: Outdoor Leisure Map 30, Yorkshire Dales, Northern and Central areas
Description of the walk:
A. Start at Aysgarth Falls National Park Visitor Centre. From the visitor centre, turn right along [...]

Start and Finish: Lofthouse
Approximate time for the walk: 6 hours
Distance: 11 and a half miles
Landscape: Caves, potholes, underground, river fossils, coal pits. Wildlife includes green woodpecker, little owl, blackcap and yellow cuckoo
Map: O/S Explorer 26 Niderdale
Description of the walk:
A. Starts from the free car park in the centre of Lofthouse. Walk up the through the [...]

Start and Finish: Glasshouses
Approximate time for the walk: 4 hours
Distance: 8 miles
Landscape: This walk has riverside, woodland and moorland parts to this walk
Map: O/S Explorer 26 Niderdale
Description of the walk:
A. Start from the centre of Glasshouses. Walk from high street pass through the mill yard, clock and walk down towards the river side. When you [...]