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.
Two and a quarter miles and just over an hour, a hundred metres of climb: straight up the little crag of Reston Scar behind the village for a surprising view into Kentmere, then down to the weir on the Kent by the old bobbin mill. Start at the free Staveley village car park by the Mill Yard, which holds around 50 cars and is a two-minute walk from the station on the Windermere branch line. Short, steep and satisfying, with a river at the end for a swim and the mill yard cafes putting bowls out for dogs; the scar itself is common grazing with sheep all year and the summit has small unfenced rock outcrops, so leads above the last gate.
A flat three-mile hour-and-a-quarter circuit of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's 79-hectare wetland reserve, built on old gravel workings, with barely 10 metres of height change and a network of surfaced paths that take a buggy or a wheelchair and stay usable in midwinter. The car park on Minskip Road takes a dozen cars, with disabled parking off Main Street through a radar-key gate by the church, and the reserve sits ten minutes from the A1(M) south-west of Boroughbridge. Highland cattle and Hebridean sheep graze here all year, so dogs must be on a lead on every path, and they are not allowed in the largest hide; the lagoons draw bitterns and marsh harriers, so keep the noise down.
A small dog-friendly campsite behind the Royal Oak in Staveley, with electric hook-ups and fresh water and a flat fee per caravan. Dogs are welcome across the site, and the pub's bar, garden and kitchen are a few steps from your pitch. A quiet base for the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve and the lanes towards Boroughbridge and Knaresborough.
A family-run country pub on Staveley's main street, serving hearty home-cooked food from local produce since 1999 beside log fires and shabby-chic furniture. The pub describes itself as dog-friendly throughout, with a dog-friendly beer garden hidden at the back complete with a wood-fired pizza oven. The wetland nature reserve on the northern edge of the village is a ten-minute walk away.
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