Walk · North Yorkshire

Denton to Askwith by Low Park Road

Denton · LS29 0HG

2MILES

55mON FOOT

55mCLIMB

Linear — plan the returnSHAPE

Off-road 5% 95% shares tarmac with cars

Lane & track 5%Road with traffic 95%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, 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

The junction of Denton Road and Smithy Lane at the top of Denton, LS29 0HG LS29 0HG

Finishes at

The Penny Bun, West Lane, Askwith LS21 2JQLinear — plan how you get back

Parking

Roadside on Denton Road in Denton, free, four or five spaces on the verge; there is no car park at either end, and at the Askwith end you are on West Lane or in the pub car park if you are eating ther

Directions to the start →

The lane link between the two smallest villages on this side of Wharfedale, and the way to walk to a pub from Denton, which has none of its own. Drop down Denton Road to the valley floor, turn east on Low Park Road and follow it and then West Lane all the way into Askwith, with the Wharfe below on your right and the whole face of Ilkley Moor opposite. It is single-track tarmac nearly the whole way, with grass verges, high hedges and very little traffic, but there is no pavement and no continuous verge, so a dog stays on the lead from start to finish. The Penny Bun at the Askwith end takes dogs in the bar, the snugs and on the terrace, which gives this two miles a proper finish.

THE SMALL PRINTCountryside Code: keep your dog under effective control and on a lead around livestock. This is a public road with no pavement and no continuous verge, and the fields either side are grazed, so it is a lead walk throughout rather than a place to let a dog range.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

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Denton to Askwith by Low Park Road

House rules, decoded

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