Walks
Get out on foot
Routes with honest distances and climbs, and somewhere good to finish.
18 walks
Moderate · 7.5 km
Grass Woods
A longer walk beside the River Wharfe taking in Linton Falls, Gaistrill’s Strid and Grass Wood.
Start: Grassington · Grassington & Upper Wharfedale
Easy · 1.7 km
Grassington Miles Without Stiles
An easy-access riverside route from the National Park car park, passing close to Linton Falls and returning toward Grassington.
Start: Grassington National Park car park · Grassington & Upper Wharfedale
Easy · 5.5 km
Grassington Meadows
A low-level walk through the meadows above Grassington.
Start: Grassington · Grassington & Upper Wharfedale
Moderate · 5 km
Helmsley Castle to Rievaulx Abbey
A Cleveland Way walk from Helmsley Castle through woods and pasture to Rievaulx Abbey.
Start: Helmsley Castle · Helmsley & Ryedale
Easy · 1.8 km
Helmsley Discovery Trail
A compact loop around Helmsley linking the market place, beck, castle, walled garden and a short stretch of the Cleveland Way.
Start: Helmsley Market Place · Helmsley & Ryedale
Demanding · 16.1 km
Sutton Bank to Helmsley on the Cleveland Way
A point-to-point section of the Cleveland Way finishing in Helmsley after crossing the western edge of the North York Moors.
Start: Sutton Bank · Helmsley & Ryedale
Moderate · 11 km
Helmsley to Rievaulx Circular
A longer circular route linking Helmsley with the Rievaulx valley and abbey landscape.
Start: Helmsley · Helmsley & Ryedale
Easy · 4.5 km · 145 m ascent
May Sinclair's Reeth
A literary-history walk around and above Reeth linking places associated with novelist May Sinclair and views from the lower slopes of Calver Hill.
Start: Swaledale Museum, Reeth · Reeth & Swaledale
Easy · 6 km
Old Gang Smelt Mill
An out-and-back accessible route along Old Gang Beck to the remains of one of Swaledale’s important lead-smelting sites.
Start: Old Gang / Arkengarthdale parking area · Reeth & Swaledale
Moderate · 10.1 km
Gunnerside Gill
A history-led walk into Gunnerside Gill through one of Swaledale’s most visible lead-mining landscapes.
Start: Gunnerside · Reeth & Swaledale
Easy · 4.8 km
Muker to Adelaide Level
A short history walk from Muker into the surrounding Upper Swaledale landscape.
Start: Muker · Reeth & Swaledale
Easy · 4.5 km
Reeth to Healaugh
A short circular walk from Reeth to Healaugh, returning along the River Swale.
Start: Reeth village green · Reeth & Swaledale
Moderate · 6.4 km
Prehistoric Harkerside
A Swaledale Museum history walk exploring the prehistoric landscape on Harkerside.
Start: Reeth / Grinton area · Reeth & Swaledale
Moderate · 11 km
Ivelet Moor
A long Miles Without Stiles route over heather moorland with wide views across Swaledale.
Start: Ivelet Moor start point · Reeth & Swaledale
Moderate · 12.5 km · 400 m ascent
Malham Cove & Gordale Scar loop
The classic Dales circuit: village, cove, limestone pavement, tarn, Gordale Scar and Janet's Foss back into Malham.
Start: Malham village national park car park · Yorkshire Dales
Easy · 8 km · 150 m ascent
Bolton Abbey riverside & Strid Wood
Riverside paths from the priory up through Strid Wood and back on the opposite bank. Gentle, wooded and good for mixed groups.
Start: Bolton Abbey estate car park · Yorkshire Dales
Easy · 5 km · 120 m ascent
Robin Hood's Bay clifftop to Boggle Hole
Out along the Cleveland Way clifftop, down into Boggle Hole and back along the shore when the tide allows.
Start: Top car park, Robin Hood's Bay · Whitby & the Coast
Moderate · 7 km · 260 m ascent
Ilkley Moor edge & Cow and Calf
From Ilkley station up to the Cow and Calf, along the moor edge past the carved stones and down through White Wells.
Start: Ilkley railway station · Leeds & West Yorkshire