Church Houses and the Farndale Moor Edge

Six and a half miles with 260 metres of ascent, about three hours, climbing out of the dale on to the eastern moor edge for the long view down Farndale before dropping back to the hamlet; rough underfoot and wet in the gutters between the heather. Start at Church Houses in Farndale East, where there is a small car park by the Feversham Arms and an honesty-box overflow field in daffodil season, when the lane in is very busy. The River Dove gives shallow water at the bottom, but this is sheep country all the way up and leads are required on the open moor from 1 March to 31 July for ground-nesting birds.