Walk · North Yorkshire

Ripley to Nidd and Brearton

Ripley · HG3 3AY

6.6MILES

3hON FOOT

130mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

HG3 3AY

Directions to the start →

Six and a half miles of field paths and green lanes east of the estate village, three hours, gently undulating with several stiles and a stretch of heavy clay that stays wet long after the rest has dried. Start on the cobbled Market Square in Ripley, where there is a pay-and-display car park behind the village, and the 36 bus between Harrogate and Ripon stops on the main road at the end of the square. This is farmland from end to end with sheep the year round and cattle out from May, so most of it is a lead-on walk with only the green lanes safe for a run; there is a pub at Brearton at the halfway point, no reliable water for a dog on the route itself, and the field paths are best avoided between December and March unless you like mud.

THE SMALL PRINTSheep year round and cattle from May; leads on across the farmland, which is most of the route.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.0397, -1.5665

SOURCE · HTTPS://LDWA.ORG.UK/NIDDERDALE/W/8439/NIDDERDALE-WAY.HTML

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