Walk · North Yorkshire

Danby Dale and Castleton Rigg

Castleton

6.4MILES

2h 55mON FOOT

210mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 75% 25% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 45%Lane & track 30%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.

Six and a half miles with 210 metres of climbing, roughly three hours, along the whaleback of Castleton Rigg and back down through the field paths and stiles of Danby Dale; the ridge is exposed and the dale bottom stays soft into early summer. Start in Castleton village, which has roadside parking and a station on the Esk Valley line at the foot of the hill. There is little water on the ridge so carry some, several of the dale stiles are the narrow squeeze sort that a big dog will need lifting over, and leads are required on the open moor from 1 March to 31 July as well as through the grazed fields lower down.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads on Castleton Rigg 1 March to 31 July for ground-nesting birds and through the grazed fields in Danby Dale

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.4680, -0.9400

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/SMARTTOUR/E1220636643/DANBY-DALE-AND-CASTLETON-RIGG-LOOP-FROM-CASTLETON-NORTH-YORK-MOORS-NATIONAL-PARK

Know one we have missed?

Tell us the pub we have not walked into yet.

Local knowledge beats desk research every time. Name the place and we will check it properly — the venue's own policy, confirmed, then stamped and dated like every other listing.

Wagfinder Members

Your patch, watched for you.

£4.99 A MONTH · OR £48 A YEAR

Restriction alerts for your saved beaches — know before the ban starts, not at the slipway sign.

New-place notifications in your area, the day we stamp them in.

Member perks at claimed venues across Britain.

Become a member

ENTER DOG OF THE MONTH · RESTRICTION ALERTS · CANCEL ANY TIME

Danby Dale and Castleton Rigg

House rules, decoded

1530

5B Bistro

Blueberry Cafe

Cottages you can book near Castleton

Tell us the pub we have not walked into yet.

Get the new stamps first.

Your patch, watched for you.