Walk · North Yorkshire

Leathley by Hall Lane and Stainburn Lane

Leathley · LS21 2LD
N 440 YD
1.8MILES
1hON FOOT
55mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
Off-road 60% 40% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 25%Lane & track 35%Road with traffic 40%

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
St Oswald's Church, Leathley, LS21 2LD, at the foot of Stainburn Close LS21 2LD
Parking
A small free car park opposite the church by the village hall, room for around ten cars and it fills on a fine Sunday when the hall is in use; otherwise the lane verges, which are narrow
Directions to the start →

A short field-and-lane round from St Oswald's Church at Leathley, on the shelf of ground between the Wharfe and the Washburn. Hall Lane leaves the church eastwards as tarmac and degrades into a farm track past Leathley Hall, and at the field gate about half a mile out a signed public footpath turns north up the field edges to meet Stainburn Lane. Turning left brings you back west along the lane above the village with the Wharfe valley open to the south, then down Stainburn Close to the church. It is under two miles, there is no climbing worth the name, and the only awkward stretch is the quarter mile of lane at the end, which has no pavement.

THE SMALL PRINTPublic footpaths and farm tracks across grazed fields on a working estate. The Countryside Code applies: dog on a lead or in sight and under close control, on a lead around livestock, and gates left as you find them. The return along Stainburn Lane and Stainburn Close is on an unpavemented road.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 53.9186, -1.6477
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.GOV.UK/GOVERNMENT/PUBLICATIONS/THE-COUNTRYSIDE-CODE/THE-COUNTRYSIDE-CODE-ADVICE-FOR-COUNTRYSIDE-VISITORS
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