Walk · North Yorkshire

Masham, Fearby and Healey by the River Burn

Masham · HG4 4EF

7.5MILES

4hON FOOT

200mCLIMB

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

Off-road 80% 20% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 55%Lane & track 25%Road with traffic 20%

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

HG4 4EF

Directions to the start →

Seven and a half miles and around four hours, taking a section of the Ripon Rowel out to Fearby, on by lane to Healey, then down to the wooded River Burn and back along the Ure into Masham; it is easy underfoot apart from the clay fields, which stay sticky into early summer. Start in Masham market place, one of the largest greens in Yorkshire, with free parking and the 159 bus from Ripon and Leyburn. The Burn and the Ure both give good drinking and there are shallow gravel bars on the Ure where a dog can swim safely, but sheep and cattle are in the fields between Masham and Fearby so the lead stays on and there is about a mile and a half of quiet lane with no pavement; the stiles are mostly wooden steps rather than the stone squeezes of the upper dales, so a big dog gets round this one comfortably.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads throughout - sheep and cattle in the fields between Masham and Fearby, and about a mile and a half on quiet but unpavemented lanes.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.2260, -1.6570

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.RAMBLERS.ORG.UK/GO-WALKING/GROUP-WALKS/MASHAM-FEARBY-AND-HEALEY

Masham, Fearby and Healey by the River Burn

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