Walk · North Yorkshire

Round Howe and Hudswell Woods

Richmond

2.5MILES

1h 20mON FOOT

95mCLIMB

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

Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 80%Lane & track 10%Road with traffic 10%

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.

A gentle two and a half miles of National Trust riverside woodland on both banks of the Swale, an hour and a quarter on well-made woodland paths with one steep pull up into Hudswell Woods that can be skipped. Start from the free Round Howe car park on the Reeth road a mile west of Richmond, with a footbridge straight over the river into Billy Bank Wood. The Trust asks for dogs on leads because cattle graze the open grassland in summer, but the shingle beaches below Round Howe are the best swimming on this stretch of the Swale and the shade makes it a sound choice on a hot day.

THE SMALL PRINTNational Trust asks for dogs on leads; cattle with calves graze the open grassland in summer.

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Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.4033, -1.7556

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.NATIONALTRUST.ORG.UK/HUDSWELL-WOODS/TRAILS/ROUND-HOWE-AND-BILLY-BANK-WOODS-TRAIL

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