Walk · North Yorkshire

Beggar's Bridge and East Arnecliff Wood

Glaisdale

3.5MILES

1h 40mON FOOT

140mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 75% 25% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 55%Lane & track 20%Road with traffic 25%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

A short 3.5-mile riverside round with only 140 metres of climbing, comfortably done in an hour and three quarters, following an ancient paved packhorse trod through East Arnecliff Wood that is greasy underfoot after rain. Start at the seventeenth-century Beggar's Bridge by Glaisdale station, which is on the Esk Valley line from Whitby to Middlesbrough, so the whole walk can be done without a car. The Esk runs alongside for most of it with easy shingle access for a drink or a swim, dogs can be off the lead in the wood, and the only lead sections are the short stretches of lane at Egton Bridge and the return into Glaisdale.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads on the lanes through Egton Bridge and back up into Glaisdale

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Water bowls

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.4403, -0.7877

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/SMARTTOUR/5936335

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Beggar's Bridge and East Arnecliff Wood

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