The following walks are all local and have been specifically, sourced, tried and tested to suit a multitude of fitness levels and abilities.
WALK 1 - JERVAULX ABBEY FOODIE CIRCULAR, EAST WITTON
Distance - 7.5 miles, 3 hours walk
This is a beautiful circular route that passes all the food places you could wish for. The route Starts /ends at East Witton (conveniently where the beautiful Blue Lion pub is).
Passes the famous Brymor Ice cream
Passes through Jervaulx abbey (tea rooms)
Passes the Cover Bridge Inn, famous for pies and Ham & eggs with a lovely riverside beer garden.
This route includes a wide variety of terrains and views including parkland, fields, forest, and riverside.
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WALK 2 - MIDDLEHAM LOOP
Distance - 4km -1 hour or with pub 7km 1 hour 40 mins
This starts and ends in Middleham Village - You pass Middleham Castle, have amazing 360 views then walk along the river side, with stepping stones - perfect for paddling and a picnic. You can extend this loop (by only 30 mins) to include The Coverbridge Inn, a pub with a stream in the beer garden where you or the dog can paddle with a pint. It’s pretty damned idyllic, they are famous for their real ales and ham and eggs.
Without Pub:
With Pub – home via main road
With pub – home via fields and footpath
WALK 3 - LEYBURN - MELMERBY - BOLTON HALL - MIDDLEHAM
Distance - 14 miles, 6 hours
A stunning scenic walk, which you can easily adapt to start in Middleham instead of Leyburn (instructions below) OR follow the PDF DOWNLOAD map to do a circular.
This stunning walk does not disappoint and takes in everything you would wish to see on a Yorkshire Dales walk.
You could consider calling into The Saddle Rooms for lunch (restaurant in the Tupgill Estate next to The Forbidden Corner).
Or perhaps the Sandpiper Inn in Leyburn which are also both lovely.
Route if starting in Leyburn - West from Leyburn via the Leyburn Shawl to Tullis Cote, then south past Bolton Hall, over the River Ure and across Middleham High Moor to Melmerby. East across country to Caldbergh and Coverham, then north-west through the Tupgill Park Estate (the location of The Forbidden Corner). Finally east to Middleham and north-west back to Leyburn.
Finally east to Middleham and north-west back to Leyburn
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WALK 4 - REDMIRE FORCE & THE TEMPLAR'S CHAPEL FROM WEST WITTON
Distance - 6.5 miles, 3.5 hours
This is a pleasant walk in Wensleydale that allows you to enjoy this beautiful part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The highlights of the walk include the River Ure, Redmire Force and the Chapel of the Knights Templar.
If like me you are partial for some stepping stones fun, keep your eyes peeled after Redmire Force when the river is on your right.
And the best part is that it FINISHES in West Witton (beautiful Village) the home of our favourite pub, the Wensleydale Heifer.
If you love a Farmshop and dare to leave the route on the way back, when you leave the river, opt to go onto the A684 to find Berrys Farm shop – you can get back into West Witton easily from there (or check the map to go down a road called Hargill to get back onto the tail end of your route).
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WALK 5 - MIDDLEHAM, LOW MOOR, TUPGILL PARK, COVERHAM AND COVERDALE
Distance - 10km – 2.5-3 hours
This loop walk starts in Middleham and goes up the gallops, where the race horses are exercised. The views from the Gallops are amazing , then through Tupgill Park / The Forbidden Corner which is both impressive and unusually interesting. The walk covers a number of aspects: rivers and streams, stone bridges, ruins, castles and beautiful scenery. The Saddle Rooms pub and restaurant is stunning – dogs are only allowed in the bar, but there are dining tables in there.
The Walk Map Link
The Pub Link
WALK 6 - REDMIRE FORCE WATERFALL & CASTLE BOLTON
Distance - 4 miles, 2 hours (Easy/Moderate)
This short easy-going walk will take you to the historical Bolton Castle, a river, waterfalls and a pub too. Plus Castle Bolton has a tea room inside which is just beautiful (both the cakes and the inside of the castle). It’s stunning and the .pdf download gives easy to follow directions.
You can see the castle much as Turner did when he visited in July 1816 during his extensive tour of Yorkshire to sketch views for Whitaker’s - A General History of the County of York series. He enjoyed an afternoon sketching different views of the castle and village. This was his last stop in Wensleydale before he made his long journey on horseback over to Swaledale.
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