Walk · North Yorkshire

River Swale at Topcliffe

Topcliffe
N 440 YD
3MILES
1h 30mON FOOT
15mCLIMB
Out & backSHAPE
Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 75%Lane & track 15%Road with traffic 10%

Route diagram, drawn from the recorded track — for the shape of the walk, not for navigation. Carry OS Explorer on the hill.

Topcliffe sits on the lower River Swale where the waymarked Swale Way long-distance path runs through the vale between Boroughbridge and Richmond, and the riverside stretches here and downstream towards Cundall give flat, lush meadow walking of two to five miles out and back from the village bridge. The banks are grazed and can flood or erode after high water, so keep dogs on leads near stock and away from undercut edges. Finish in the bar of the Angel Inn on Long Street.

THE SMALL PRINTRiverside pasture with grazing stock; leads advised, and take care on eroded banks after floods.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.1781, -1.3871
SOURCE · HTTPS://LDWA.ORG.UK/LDP/MEMBERS/SHOW_PATH.PHP?PATH_NAME=SWALE+WAY
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