Walk · North Yorkshire

Ripon Canal Towpath

Ripon

4.6MILES

1h 55mON FOOT

15mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

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

Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars

Lane & track 90%Road with traffic 10%

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.

Two and a third miles each way of dead-level towpath from the restored canal basin in Ripon down past Littlethorpe and three locks to Oxclose Lock, where the canal meets the River Ure, making a four-and-a-half-mile round on firm ground that barely notices the weather. Start at Ripon Canal Basin off Bondgate Green, ten minutes from the Market Place and a short walk from the bus station; there is parking at the basin and a cafe at the marina. It is a green corridor full of kingfishers and moorhens, and the flat surface is a gift for an old dog, but the water is deep and cold at the locks and the towpath is shared with cyclists, so keep dogs on the lead.

THE SMALL PRINTDogs on leads on the towpath: deep water at the locks, moored boats and shared use with cyclists.

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.1310, -1.5130

SOURCE · HTTPS://CANALRIVERTRUST.ORG.UK/CANALS-AND-RIVERS/RIPON-CANAL

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