Nidderdale AONB WalksWalking Routes & Hiking Trails
Find Nidderdale AONB walks from the list below which features the best walking routes in the area. Most are circular walks and are listed from the shortest and easiest to the longest more challenging routes.
Walk | Description | Grade | Miles |
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1572★ | Swinsty Reservoir | easy | 3.00 |
1571★ | Scar House & Angram Reservoirs | easy | 4.00 |
1574★ | Thruscross Reservoir | easy | 4.50 |
3726★ | Brimham Rocks Circular | easy | 4.70 |
3507★ | Dacre Banks Circular | easy/mod | 6.50 |
1929★ | River Ure & Nutwith Common from Masham | easy/mod | 6.60 |
2261★ | Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Way | easy/mod | 7.10 |
1405★ | Thruscross Reservoir & Kex Gill Moor from Blubberhouses | easy/mod | 8.50 |
3528★ | Fountains Abbey & Markenfield Hall | moderate | 8.65 |
3659★ | Scar House Reservoir, Dale Edge & Middlesmoor | moderate | 9.00 |
2406★ | Ripon Rowel Walk Leg 4 - Ilton to Grewelthorpe | moderate | 10.50 |
2405★ | Ripon Rowel Walk Leg 3 - Sawley to Ilton | moderate | 11.00 |
2572★ | West Scrafton & Middlesmoor from Lofthouse | mod/hard | 18.00 |
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Nidderdale AONB Guide
The Nidderdale National Landscape (formerly AONB) is an area of natural beauty in North Yorkshire sharing its western border with the Yorkshire Dales National Park to the east and south. The AONB includes most of Nidderdale itself, part of lower Wharfedale, the Washburn valley and part of lower Wensleydale. The highest land is Great Whernside which rises to 704 metres above sea level on the border with the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Pateley Bridge is the only town with Otley, Ilkley, Masham and Ripon just outside the borders.
Nidderdale-AONB Walking Guide
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