Walk · North Yorkshire

Crakehall, Langthorne Wood and Bedale

Crakehall · DL8 1FZ

6.37MILES

2h 38mON FOOT

42mCLIMB

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

Off-road 66% 34% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 52%Lane & track 14%Road with traffic 34%

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

DL8 1FZ

Directions to the start →

Six and a third miles linking Crakehall to Bedale by way of Langthorne Wood, roughly two and a half hours over field paths and farm tracks with about a third of the distance on quiet tarmac. Start from the parking at the north end of Crakehall green; Bedale, halfway round, has cafes, toilets, parking and the Wensleydale Railway station if you want to cut it short. Cattle and sheep graze several of the pasture fields and the wood turns to deep mud from November to March, so this is a boots-and-lead walk rather than a free run, with Bedale Beck the best drinking water.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.3122, -1.6279

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/SMARTTOUR/35146424

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