Walk · North Yorkshire

Brompton Circular

Brompton · DL6 2BH

5.3MILES

2hON FOOT

20mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 80% 20% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 65%Lane & track 15%Road with traffic 20%

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.

Starts at

DL6 2BH

Directions to the start →

Five and a third miles of field paths around Brompton and Water End, about two hours, with sixteen stiles and eleven gates - a great deal of climbing for a dog and a reason to leave a stiff old hound at home. Start at the crossroads in the middle of Brompton; the Darlington bus stops at the church and the Stokesley bus at Water End, and there are pubs at both. Brompton Beck runs beside the first stretch for a drink, the fields are grazed and worked throughout, and the narrow concrete ford is genuinely slippery in wet or icy weather.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.3612, -1.4249

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.NORTHYORKS.GOV.UK/SITES/DEFAULT/FILES/FILEROOT/TRANSPORT%20AND%20STREETS/PUBLIC%20RIGHTS%20OF%20WAY/LOCAL_CIRCULAR_WALKS/BROMPTON_CIRCULAR.PDF

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Brompton Circular

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