Walk · North Yorkshire

Semerwater Circular

Bainbridge

4MILES

2h 15mON FOOT

120mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 85% 15% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 55%Lane & track 30%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 quiet four-mile circuit around Yorkshire's second-largest natural lake in lonely Raydale, with lake access for a paddle and a return above the tumbling River Bain, England's shortest river. Most fields hold sheep or cattle so dogs should be on a lead, and the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust asks for a short lead at all times within the lakeshore nature reserve to protect wintering and breeding birds. Pay-to-park at the Low Blean shoreside.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads through the grazed fields, and a short lead at all times inside the lakeshore nature reserve.

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REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.2898, -2.1126

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.YWT.ORG.UK/NATURE-RESERVES/SEMER-WATER-NATURE-RESERVE

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