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Walk 2403 - Ripon Rowel Walk Leg 1 – Ripon to South Stainley

County/Area   North Yorkshire
AuthorPhil Catterall
Length10.0 miles / 16.3 km
Ascent770 feet / 233 metres
Gradeeasy/moderate

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This is the first leg of the Ripon Rowel walk that starts from Ripon cathedral. This section of the route takes you along the Ripon Canal and River Ure to Bishop Monkton. The route continues via Burton Leonard to South Stainley.

Suggested Maps

It is recommended you take a map with you when following a walk route. The preferred scale is 1:25000 used by the Explorer series.

OS ExplorerSheet 299
OS LandrangerSheet 99

Note : If two maps are listed at the same scale then either (a) both are required for full coverage of the route or (b) the route is covered on both maps.

Other walks nearby

Walk 2405 - 4.6 miles / 7.4 km away
Ripon Rowel Walk Leg 3 – Sawley to Ilton
Grade - moderate
Length - 11.0 miles / 17.9 km

Walk 2404 - 5.0 miles / 8.0 km away
Ripon Rowel Walk Leg 2 – South Stainley to Sawley
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 8.5 miles / 13.8 km

Walk 2407 - 6.6 miles / 10.6 km away
Ripon Rowel Walk Leg 5 – Grewelthorpe to Ripon
Grade - moderate
Length - 12.0 miles / 19.5 km

Walk 2406 - 8.8 miles / 14.2 km away
Ripon Rowel Walk Leg 4 – Ilton to Grewelthorpe
Grade - moderate
Length - 10.5 miles / 17.1 km

Walk 1800 - 10.8 miles / 17.3 km away
West of Harrogate without a car
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 9.0 miles / 14.6 km

Walk 1405 - 13.4 miles / 21.5 km away
Thruscross Reservoir and Kex Gill Moor from Blubberhouses
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 8.5 miles / 13.8 km

Walk 2572 - 13.5 miles / 21.6 km away
West Scrafton & Middlesmoor from Lofthouse
Grade - moderate/hard
Length - 18.0 miles / 29.3 km

Walk 2566 - 14.1 miles / 22.5 km away
Rievaulx Abbey from Kilburn, near Thirsk
Grade - moderate/hard
Length - 15.0 miles / 24.4 km

Walk 2160 - 15.4 miles / 24.7 km away
Wetherby to Follifoot without a car
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 10.3 miles / 16.7 km

Walk 2702 - 17.3 miles / 27.7 km away
Shallow Dale, Yearsley Moor & The Wilderness from Ampleforth
Grade - moderate
Length - 9.5 miles / 15.4 km

Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
 


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