Walking Britain Ripon Rowel Walk Leg 3 - Sawley to Ilton
Introduction to Walk 2405
Region - Nidderdale AONB
County/Area - North Yorkshire
Author - Phil Catterall
Length - 11.0 miles / 17.9 km
Ascent - 1450 feet / 439 metres
Time - 5 hours 10 minutes
Grade - moderate
This is the third leg of the Ripon Rowell Walk and starts from the village of Sawley. The route enters the Nidderdale AONB and goes via Eavestone, High Skelding, Belford and Bramley Grange to Ilton. As this is a linear walk care is required when arranging transport. A GPS File is available for download (see walk description).
Maps | |||
| Ordnance Survey Explorer 298 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Explorer 298 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 99 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Landranger 99 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY |
It is recommended you take a map. The preferred scale is 1:25k. | |||
Digital Maps - For more information on digital maps go to Anquet Maps. Digital maps, including Ordnance Survey, Harvey Superwalker and British Mountain Maps, are available for your PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android tablet and phone. | |||
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Fountains Abbey & Markenfield Hall
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.7 miles / 14.1 km
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Ripon Rowel Walk Leg 2 - South Stainley to Sawley
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 8.5 miles / 13.8 km
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Ripon Rowel Walk Leg 1 - Ripon to South Stainley
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km
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Ripon Rowel Walk Leg 5 - Grewelthorpe to Ripon
Grade - moderate
Length - 12.0 miles / 19.5 km
7.4 miles / 11.9 km away
Ripon Rowel Walk Leg 4 - Ilton to Grewelthorpe
Grade - moderate
Length - 10.5 miles / 17.1 km
8.3 miles / 13.2 km away
River Ure & Nutwith Common from Masham
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 6.6 miles / 10.7 km
8.7 miles / 14.0 km away
West of Harrogate without a car
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 9.0 miles / 14.6 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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