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Dog-friendly walks in Embsay

Boots on. These are the Embsay walks worth the drive, with lead rules and livestock warnings marked.

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Embsay Reservoir and Crag Nook

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A short mile and a half round the water on a broad level track, with an optional moderate climb to Crag Nook at the north end for the view back over the reservoir to Skipton; forty-five minutes at an easy pace and passable in any weather. Park in the small free car park at the south-east corner of the reservoir, reached up Pasture Road out of Embsay village; the Embsay and Bolton Abbey steam railway station is a ten-minute walk away. There are no stiles at all on the reservoir circuit, which makes it one of the few Dales walks a big or arthritic dog can do without being lifted, but the moor above is grouse ground where leads are required from 1 March to 31 July and sheep are on the reservoir banks.

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Embsay Reservoir and the Eastby Lanes

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Three miles and about an hour and a half on the reservoir track and the walled lanes between Embsay and Eastby, all of it below the moor wall and all of it on firm going, which makes it a reliable winter option when the fells are sodden. Start at Elm Tree Square in Embsay, where there is roadside parking and a bus from Skipton, a mile and a half away. This route exists because of one hard fact that catches out visiting dog owners every summer - the Bolton Abbey estate does not allow dogs on Barden Moor at all, so Embsay Crag and the moor above the reservoir are closed to you and the wall is the boundary; below it there is easy gated walking with water at the reservoir outflow, sheep in the fields either side of the lane so the lead stays on, and only one stepped wall stile, which most dogs manage.

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