Route diagram, drawn from the recorded track — for the shape of the walk, not for navigation. Carry OS Explorer on the hill.
Over 8,500 acres of Forestry England woodland in the southern moors, entered via the toll road from Thornton-le-Dale, with waymarked walking trails from easy-access lakeside strolls at Low Dalby to all-day forest hikes. Dogs are welcome and can run off lead on the forest tracks under control - keep them close near the visitor centre, cyclists and wildlife areas. Open daily 8am to 8pm, with a cafe and facilities at the visitor centre.
A big 9.9-mile forest-and-moor day with 240 metres of ascent, roughly four and a quarter hours, mostly on firm gravel forest roads before a boardwalked and stepped section over the sandstone outcrops of the Bridestones. Start from the visitor centre at Low Dalby and drive in on the Dalby Forest Drive, which carries a toll; the Bridestones themselves also have a small car park at Staindale if you want to shorten it. Dogs are free to run on the forest roads and there is Dalby Beck and Staindale Lake for a drink, but the Bridestones moor is heather nature reserve where leads are asked for from 1 March to 31 July to protect ground-nesting birds, and there are short drops off the rocks.
A Georgian coaching house of the 1720s on the crossroads at the heart of one of Yorkshire's prettiest villages, with exposed beams, open fires and a sunny courtyard beer garden. Dogs are welcome in the bar, the beer garden and the self-catering holiday cottage, with homemade meals served in the bar. The beck-side stroll to Thornton-le-Dale's famous thatched cottage is two minutes away.
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