Walk · North Yorkshire

Follifoot to Spofforth Castle Loop

Follifoot

5MILES

2h 9mON FOOT

70mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 85% 15% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 60%Lane & track 25%Road with traffic 15%

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.

Five miles and a little over two hours on field paths, woodland and farm tracks between the two villages, with only 70 metres of climbing but several stiles and heavy going across the clay in a wet winter. Start from the village centre in Follifoot where there is roadside parking near the Radcliffe Arms; the 7 bus from Harrogate serves both Follifoot and Spofforth if you would rather make it a linear walk. The ruined English Heritage keep at Spofforth is free to wander and dogs are welcome in the grounds on a lead, but almost the whole route crosses grazed arable and pasture, so leads stay on and there is little open water beyond the Crimple.

THE SMALL PRINTDogs on leads across the grazed farmland and in the grounds of Spofforth Castle; several stiles need a lift for a large dog.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.9702, -1.4872

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/GUIDE/2777261/HIKING-AROUND-FOLLIFOOT

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