Loop Walk Around Reeth
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/ View from Pickerstone RidgePhoto: Kristin Carpenter, Macs Adventure -
/ Along Apedale RoadPhoto: Kristin Carpenter, Macs Adventure
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/ Your start pointPhoto: Kristin Carpenter, Macs Adventure
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/ Swaledale back in the distancePhoto: Kristin Carpenter, Macs Adventure
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/ Entering ReethPhoto: Kristin Carpenter, Macs Adventure
Author’s recommendation
Safety information
You will be walking through fields containing livestock. Be vigilant and respectful of all animals.
This walk visits remote areas with limited mobile phone coverage.
This route is very exposed and walkers will therefore be unprotected from the elements.
Tips and hints
Make sure to plan your lunch in advance – this route does not pass through a town after the first mile.
Please keep vigilant and read your route notes carefully at the top of High Harker Hill, the third and final peak of the walk - the trails become small and infrequently marked but give you the best outlook on Swaledale as you come off the ridge and back down to the river valley!
Start
Destination
Turn-by-turn directions
0.0km – Facing the church at the bottom of the village green, walk down the road to your left towards the Wesleyan Chapel.
0.1km – BEAR LEFT keeping Inglenook on your right. Follow the road as it curves to the right and heads downhill.
0.2km – Continue STRAIGHT following the public footpath signpost as the road turns to gravel. Follow the path to the right as it turns to grass and follows beside the stream.
0.4km – Continue STRAIGHT at the gap in the stone wall and continue STRAIGHT at the T-junction, ignoring the footpath to the right.
0.6km – Follow the path as it takes you under the bridge then TURN RIGHT sharply to cross the bridge. Follow the road on the other side of the bridge keeping the stream on your right.
0.8km – BEAR RIGHT through the gate onto the footpath to Grinton following the signpost. Continue STRAIGHT on this path for approximately 700m.
1.5km – Continue STRAIGHT up the stone steps through the gate to enter onto the bridge. TURN RIGHT to use the bridge to cross the river and follow the road into the town of Grinton.
1.7km – Continue STRAIGHT on the footpath side of the road with the church and graveyard on your right. Continue along this road being careful of vehicular traffic for approximately 100m.
1.8km – BEAR RIGHT to join the pubic footpath, leaving the road by passing through a gate.
2.0km – Continue STRAIGHT through the pedestrian gate to continue on the gravel driveway.
2.1km – TURN LEFT to cross the pedestrian bridge, through the gap in the fence and TURN RIGHT to continue in the same direction along the road.
2.3km – Continue STRAIGHT on the road past the cattle grid.
2.5km – TURN RIGHT at the T-junction to follow the road signs to Redmire.
2.9km – TURN RIGHT at the bridleway signpost to follow the gravel track to the right.
3.2km – TURN LEFT at the T-junction.
3.7km – Continue STRAIGHT at the junction with the gravel path to continue up the hill. Choose the path on the left through the heather for the easiest option.
3.9km – BEAR RIGHT to continue beside the road.
4.5km – BEAR RIGHT at the gravel path to take the dirt and gravel track towards the top of the ridge.
4.7km – Continue STRAIGHT following the path through the heather at the stone mound.
5.3km – Continue STRAIGHT towards the gate in the fence.
5.6km – Continue STRAIGHT through the gate to reach the summit. BEAR LEFT to continue following the path.
6.0km – Continue STRAIGHT on the same path, ignoring the path to the right.
7.1km – TURN RIGHT at the junction. There is a signpost on your left and both a stone and metal barns on your left. You will continue on this track for approximately 5km.
8.4km – Continue STRAIGHT as two paths fork to your right then to your left.
9.0km – Continue STRAIGHT as the track meanders, ignoring the track to the right.
10.7km – Continue STRAIGHT through the gate
12.0km – TURN RIGHT at the T-junction to leave the track you were on. You will be on this track for approximately 3km.
14.9km – Continue STRAIGHT past the lodge.
15.1km – BEAR RIGHT at the fork in the road to continue up hill to the summit of High Harker Hill.
15.7km – TURN LEFT at the unmarked grass foot path leaving the gravel track. You will have just past a signpost just off the track saying “Bridleway” and pointing to the direction you have come from.
16.4km – TURN LEFT at the intersection of the two small paths roughly at the second stone structure. You will shortly be descending down into Swaledale towards Reeth.
17.2km – TURN LEFT at the junction of intersecting paths heading towards the river.
17.5km – After passing through another vehicle gate, TURN LEFT.
17.6km – TURN RIGHT at the signpost to Reeth.
17.7km – After the cattle grid, TURN RIGHT following the signpost to Reeth via Swing Bridge.
17.9km – TURN LEFT to use the vehicle gate to follow the footpath signs to Grinton Swing Bridge.
18.1km – Continue STRAIGHT through the pedestrian gates through the fields for approximately 500m to reach the bridge.
18.6km – Cross the river at the footbridge. TURN RIGHT after the bridge and continue following the path through the gate.
18.9km – Follow the path as it curves to the left uphill. Continue STRAIGHT through the vehicle gate to continue uphill.
19.0km – TURN RIGHT at the T-junction at the top of the hill, this path will take you into Reeth.
19.1km – Continue STRAIGHT, ignoring the footpath sign pointing to the left.
19.3km – Continue STRAIGHT at the three way junction at the houses.
19.4km – TURN LEFT down the lane at East View Cottage. At the end of the lane you will be at the bottom of the village green in Reeth.
19.5km – TURN LEFT to follow the road around the village green.
19.6km – Continue STRAIGHT across the road to finish where we started the walk at the bus shelter at the top of the village green.
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