Esk Valley Walk: Lealholm to Grosmont

The best six miles of the Esk Valley Walk, a linear 6.1-mile stage of about two and a half hours with only 70 metres of climbing, past the stepping stones at Lealholm, on through Glaisdale, over Beggar's Bridge and the Monks' Trod to Egton Bridge and down to Grosmont. Start from the car park by the bridge in Lealholm; every village on the stage has a station on the Esk Valley line, so you can walk one way and take the train back. Riverside meadows and woods with several safe places for a dog to get in the water, but there are grazed fields and gates throughout and the stepping stones at both Lealholm and Egton Bridge go under after heavy rain.