Walk · North Yorkshire

Marsh Bridge riverside stroll

Dulverton
B3223 Windball Hill River Barle Blacklake Wood N 440 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors
0.75MILES
25mON FOOT
20mCLIMB
Out & backSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 92% 8% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 12%Lane & track 80%Road with traffic 8%

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.

Starts at
Marsh Bridge layby, on the lane a mile north of Dulverton
Parking
Free layby at Marsh Bridge, room for about six cars; overflow means parking in Dulverton and walking out
Directions to the start →

Three quarters of a mile of level forest track beside the River Barle a mile above Dulverton, twenty-five minutes there and back with barely any climbing and a firm surface suitable for most wheels. Park in the small free layby at Marsh Bridge itself, which takes half a dozen cars on the lane between Dulverton and Winsford, or walk out from the town along the road for an extra mile in each direction. It is the gentlest dog walk on this side of Exmoor with shallow gravel-bottomed pools to stand in and no stiles or gates to lift a dog over, though the lane at the bridge is narrow with fast traffic and the fields across the river are grazed.

THE SMALL PRINTThe track runs beside grazed farmland and a fishing river; Exmoor National Park asks for dogs under effective control or on a short lead near livestock, and the lane crossing at Marsh Bridge is blind in both directions.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead OK
Water bowls
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 51.0490, -3.5605
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.EXMOOR-NATIONALPARK.GOV.UK/EXMOOR-FOR-EVERYONE/WALKING/EXMOOR-STROLLS/MARSH-BRIDGE
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