Walk · Cumbria

The river Eden and Frank's Bridge from Kirkby Stephen

Kirkby Stephen

5.7MILES

2h 25mON FOOT

90mCLIMB

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

Off-road 86% 14% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 52%Lane & track 34%Road with traffic 14%

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

Kirkby Stephen market square, out past the church to Frank's Bridge

Parking

Free car park behind the Cloisters in the market square, around 40 spaces; the Settle to Carlisle station is a mile east

Directions to the start →

Five and three quarter miles and about two and a half hours with only 90 metres of climb, downstream from the packhorse arch of Frank's Bridge and then south through Stenkrith Park to the old railway viaduct above the Eden gorge. It starts in Kirkby Stephen market square, where the free car park behind the Cloisters is the one to aim for, and the Settle-Carlisle line station is a mile east up the hill. The Eden is the whole appeal for a dog - grassy banks, gravel shallows and the deep pools at Coop Kernan Hole - and the viaduct section is a surfaced traffic-free path. The riverside meadows are grazed with cattle from May, and the rock gorge at Stenkrith has unfenced drops right beside the path.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads in the grazed river meadows, which hold cattle from May, and through the Stenkrith gorge, where the path runs along unfenced rock edges above the water.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

Off-lead allowed

Water bowls

REGION · CUMBRIA

GRID · 54.4735, -2.3448

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The river Eden and Frank's Bridge from Kirkby Stephen

House rules, decoded

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