Walk · North Yorkshire

Grassington to Burnsall along the Wharfe

Grassington · BD23 5LB

6.5MILES

3hON FOOT

190mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 85% 15% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 65%Lane & track 20%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.

Starts at

BD23 5LB

Directions to the start →

Six and a half miles and about three hours, down the Dales Way beside the Wharfe past Linton Falls and the 1885 Hebden suspension bridge to Burnsall, returning on the far bank and the lane through Hebden village. The going is easy riverside meadow with a few short pulls, though it floods in winter; start from the National Park Centre car park in Grassington, where the Dales Bus from Ilkley and Skipton stops. Sheep graze almost every field and there are stone stiles and step stiles the length of the route, most with a dog hole but a few without; the Wharfe gives shallow gravel entries near Burnsall for a swim, but Loup Scar is a rock gorge with a deep fast channel and no way out.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads across the grazed riverside meadows. Stone stiles throughout - most have a dog hole, a few do not, and a large dog will need lifting.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.0692, -2.0000

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.ON-MAGAZINE.CO.UK/YORKSHIRE/WALKS/CIRCULAR-RIVER-WHARFE-GRASSINGTON/

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