Walk · North Yorkshire

Hell Wath nature trail

Ripon · HG4 2LA

1.6MILES

50mON FOOT

35mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 55%Lane & track 40%Road with traffic 5%

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

HG4 2LA

Directions to the start →

A gentle mile and a half of meadow, glade and riverbank on the south-west edge of the city, three quarters of an hour, with easy gravel paths through most of it and only a couple of short rises where the ground drops to the Skell. The car park is on Hell Wath Lane off Whitcliffe Lane, free and rarely full, and it is a twenty-minute walk from Ripon bus station if you would rather leave the car. Dogs run free here and the River Skell is shallow, clean and easy to get in and out of, which makes this one of the best hot-day walks in the district; there is no livestock, and the surfaced paths keep it usable in the depths of winter when the meadows themselves are sodden.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.1293, -1.5395

SOURCE · HTTPS://NIDDERDALE-NL.ORG.UK/ROUTES/HELL-WATH-NATURE-TRAIL/

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