Walk · North Yorkshire

Leyburn to Redmire by Preston-under-Scar

Leyburn · DL8 5BJ

7MILES

3h 45mON FOOT

260mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 85% 15% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 55%Lane & track 30%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

DL8 5BJ

Directions to the start →

Seven miles and about three and three quarter hours along the limestone terrace of Leyburn Shawl and on west above the dale to Preston-under-Scar and Redmire, returning through the parkland of the Bolton Hall estate; the terrace is firm but the return through the park is heavy clay in winter. Start in Leyburn market place, which has free parking outside market days and is served by the 156 from Northallerton and the Wensleydale Railway at Leyburn station. Sheep graze the terrace and the park and there are deer on the estate ground so keep the dog on the lead the whole way, and there is no water on the Shawl itself though the becks below Preston-under-Scar give a drink; most crossings are gates or wooden stiles that a dog can be helped over, but two narrow stone squeezes near Redmire are too tight for a large dog.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads throughout - grazed pasture and parkland with sheep, and the Wensley Park estate section carries deer as well.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.3060, -1.8280

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.PAULBEAL.COM/LEYBURN-SHAWL-WALKS/

Leyburn to Redmire by Preston-under-Scar

House rules, decoded

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