Walk · North Yorkshire

Ripley Castle & Hollybank Wood

Ripley

2.8MILES

1h 15mON FOOT

80mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 85% 15% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 45%Lane & track 40%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.

A neat two-and-three-quarter-mile loop of about an hour and a quarter from the cobbled market square, past the castle lakes and the little waterfall and out through Hollybank Wood, with 80 metres of climb on estate tracks and woodland paths that drain well in winter. Park in the village car park behind the Boar's Head; the 36 bus between Harrogate and Ripon stops on the green, and the Nidderdale Greenway ends here if you would rather arrive on foot. Deer and sheep graze the estate parkland so dogs stay on the lead past the castle, though the wood itself is a good place to let a reliable dog off for a while.

THE SMALL PRINTDogs on leads through the castle parkland and the village; off lead with good recall in Hollybank Wood only.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.0508, -1.5680

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/GUIDE/2778332/HIKING-AROUND-RIPLEY

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