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Dog-friendly walks in Richmond

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

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Richmond Batts and River Swale Walk

Richmond
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2.5MILES
1:20TIME
80mCLIMB
80%OFF-ROAD

A rewarding town-and-river circuit beneath the great Norman keep of Richmond Castle, following the Swale past Richmond Falls and along the grassy riverside meadows of The Batts. Mostly enclosed riverside paths where dogs can stretch their legs, with the falls a favourite paddling spot in low water; keep dogs close near the weirs and when the river runs high. Dog-friendly pubs and the Station cafe are moments away.

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Richmond to Marske by Applegarth

Richmond · DL10 4QN
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7.2MILES
4:00TIME
320mCLIMB
85%OFF-ROAD
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Seven miles and around four hours on the Coast to Coast line west from Richmond beneath Applegarth Scar to the estate village of Marske, coming back by the meadows and woods beside the Swale; it is a walk of two halves, high and dry on the way out, low and muddy on the way home. Start from Richmond market place, where parking is pay-and-display and the buses to Darlington and Reeth pull in; there is nothing at Marske but a phone box, so carry lunch. The Swale on the return leg is shallow and gravelly with several good swimming spots and Marske Beck gives a drink at the halfway point, but sheep are on the Applegarth pastures and cattle in the river meadows so the lead stays on, the scar edge above the path is unfenced, and the field walls carry a run of narrow stone stiles that a broad dog will not get through unaided.

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Round Howe and Hudswell Woods

Richmond
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2.5MILES
1:20TIME
95mCLIMB
90%OFF-ROAD
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A gentle two and a half miles of National Trust riverside woodland on both banks of the Swale, an hour and a quarter on well-made woodland paths with one steep pull up into Hudswell Woods that can be skipped. Start from the free Round Howe car park on the Reeth road a mile west of Richmond, with a footbridge straight over the river into Billy Bank Wood. The Trust asks for dogs on leads because cattle graze the open grassland in summer, but the shingle beaches below Round Howe are the best swimming on this stretch of the Swale and the shade makes it a sound choice on a hot day.

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The Easby Loop from Richmond Station

Richmond · DL10 4LD
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2.5MILES
1:15TIME
60mCLIMB
95%OFF-ROAD
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Two and a half easy miles in about an hour and a quarter, out along the surfaced old railway line to the ruins of Easby Abbey and back beside the Swale, with barely a slope and a firm all-weather surface for most of it - the best short walk in Richmond for an old or arthritic dog. It starts at The Station, the converted railway building on the edge of town, which has a car park, a cafe and toilets. The old line is traffic-free, level and gently graded so a steady dog can walk it under close control and Easby Abbey is free to enter with dogs welcome on the lead, but the riverside half is different - the meadows are grazed, the Swale bank is undercut and the current is quicker than it looks, so put the lead back on there; there are no squeeze stiles on the railway path, only gates, which is why it works for large dogs.

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Whitcliffe Scar and Willance's Leap

Richmond · DL10 4SG
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6.8MILES
3:45TIME
300mCLIMB
85%OFF-ROAD
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Just under seven miles and about three and three quarter hours, out of Richmond by Hurgill Road and Whitcliffe Wood to the top of the scar, where three stones mark the spot a horse went over the edge in 1606 and its rider survived; the woodland track is firm and the scar-top pasture is soft going. Start from the roadside parking at Aislabeck Plantation on Hurgill Road, or walk up from Richmond market place and add a mile each way. This is a walk to keep a dog firmly on the lead for, and not only because the pasture is grazed - the scar drops two hundred feet sheer for most of a mile with no fence between path and edge at any point; there is water in the wood but none along the top, and the field crossings are a mixture of gates and stone stiles, two of which are narrow enough to stop a big dog.

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