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| Distance: |
4.75 miles. |
| Time: |
2 ½
hours. |
| Height: |
Less than 800 ft. |
| Difficulty: |
A very gentle walk with three mildly
exerting hills to go up. |
| Scenery: |
Weir, Falls, River, Pasture, and two
unusual bridges. (packhorse and suspension) |
| Location: |
Start at Grassington National Park
car park. SE 003637 |
| Maps: |
Explorer OL2 or send an email request
for a Memory-map
route to : maps@skiptonweb.co.uk |
| Bus Service: |
There are hourly buses throughout the day seven
days a week from Skipton bus and rail stations to Grassington National
Park Centre at the start/finish point of this walk. See www.dalesbus.org
for details. |
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1
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From
the main car park on the outskirts of Grassington, go through the
gate at the back of the car park leading down to Linton Falls. It
is clearly signed. Going through a set of gates, head downhill along
the walled pathway. Turn left before the bridge, which is again clearly
signed (picture) for Hebden and Burnsall at SE 002633 Go through a
gap in the wall, and a four-stepped stone stile. |
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2
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Follow the track along the riverside and over to your right, you will
see the old church on the opposite bank. Now just follow this riverside
pathway. At a five-stepped stone stile with a wooden gate at the top,
go over this (picture) and turn right along the lane. |
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3
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Pass
the Mayfield B&B on your left, and go through a large metal gate with
a wooden pedestrian gate to its right. (picture) Take the path signposted
to Burnsall 2 ¼ miles on the left,
which crosses the vehicle path in front of you. Head for the wooden
bridge, by way of a shingle path. |
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4
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Next
go through a wooden kissing gate, keeping the river, and the noisy
pumping station on your right, just follow the well defined Dalesway
path. At the suspension bridge, cross over the river, (a unique experience,
second only to the Millennium Bridge in London?) turn left through
the gates, and less than 100 yards along on the right take this (see
picture) pathway to Thorpe Lane, heading uphill. |
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5
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Follow the blue painted posts along the path upward...eventually reaching
a large wooden five bar gate, and pedestrian gate on its left, follow
the path keeping a drystone wall on your left. At the next fence the
road comes into view...cross over the road, following the directions
(picture) for Thorpe. The crossroads are at 019622. You now have about
2 miles left to go. |
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6
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On
entering the quaint village of Thorpe, turn right at the village green,
without its Maypole!!! (check out the information board) Head uphill
passing the red postbox on the left, and at the next juction turn
left. Along this road, is a three-stepped stone stile on your right
(see picture) before a ruined barn. Take this and head downhill, following
the sign for Linton on the right. Follow the rather indistinct pathway,
keeping the drystone wall over on the left. Head for a four-stepped
stile, passing two boulders as markers, then a wooden ladder stile
to the left of a large metal gate. Scramble over this. |
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7
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Follow
the track into Linton through a legally changed Public Footpath, and
at the junction turn right. Continue along the roadway, passing a
bridge to your left, (or using it to gain access to the pub, the Fountaine
Inn, over the river ?!?). Turn right at the end of the road junction,
by the second bridge, (built in 1892), at 997628, and head along the
main road, (picture) passing a right turn.
At the next crossroads, carry straight over for Linton Parish Church,
and Linton Falls. This is a steep downhill trek. |
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8
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At the next junction go straight on past the bridge on your left.
Now just follow the directions for Grassington and Linton Falls,
ignoring the packhorse bridge, and passing behind the back of private
houses on your right, carry on over the wooden bridge enjoying the
view, (picture) and return up the path, back to the car park.
There are no toilets along this route except
for the pub in Linton and at the Grassington National Park car park.
Also at Linton (before the church) pay car park too.
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This walk (and pictures) submitted by Crag Face.
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