Reeth to Langthwaite
A wonderful circular walk from Reeth to Langthwaite, heading out of the West side of the beck and returning on the East side.
We left Reeth walking via the road towards Langthwaite. After about half a mile, passing over the cattle grid there are a few houses with a public foothpath sign pointing into the fields towards Langthwaite. There was a sign on the post saying that there could be a bull in the field. Fortunately, on this occasion there wasn’t.
Looking towards Fremington Edge.
We followed a series of fields, crossing stone walls and through gates continuing to head towards Arkle Town. There were a lot of sheep on the route, but all appeared to be used to people and dogs walking through the fields. We continued on the West side of the beck into Arkle Town then followed the road down into Langthwaite.
On reaching Langthwaite, we followed the road over the bridge and through the village heading towards Booze.
Crossing the bridge in Langthwaite.
From here we climbed, via a single track road all the way to the Booze. Beautiful views were enjoyed back across the valley as we continued upwards.
On arriving in Booze, which is a tiny hamlet, we returned to walking through fields following the footpaths back towards the beck, only this side we were on the East side.
Once back at the beck, we picked up the public bridleway, taking the slightly higher route than the public footpath and enjoying the views.
Looking along the bridleway from Fremington
From here the route was relatively straightforward, following the public bridleway back to Fremington, and then picking up the public footpath back to Reeth.
Walk distance: 8.1 miles.
Elevation (total ascent): 358m.
Parking: Free parking around Reeth village green, DL11 6SG.
Navigation: Moderate. Definitely worth having a map to follow. Phone signal was relatively good and we were able to use the OS maps on the phone alongside the paper map.
Map: OL30
Terrain: Mixed terrain - fields and tracks.
Swale Trail from Reeth walk
After visiting Reeth last weekend and discovering just how much walking we can do there, we decided to drive over to Reeth once again and explore some more of the footpaths.
We arrived in Reeth at around 9.30am and easily found a parking space on the green.
We walked out of Reeth towards Grinton to pick up the Swale Trail. The Swale Trail is a multi-use trail shared with cyclicts, horse riders and walkers.
A brown signpost marking the Swale Trail.
Although this is a shared trail, it was very quiet today. We encountered a few cyclists and saw a few other walkers, but otherwise felt like we had most of the walk to ourselves.
The terrain of the walk is varied, but the path is well way marked making navigation is easy.
We followed the Swale Trail for about six miles to Low Row, where we crossed the River Swale and picked up the footpath on the other side of the river back towards Reeth.
River Swale
The footpath took us through Healaugh, which was a lovely quaint village. From there we took another footpath back down to the River Swale, and walked along to the swing bridge before heading back into Reeth.
View towards the Swing Bridge.
This was a beautiful walk and one that was mixed terrain, but for us relatively easy.
Walk distance: 10.72 miles.
Elevation (total ascent): 221m.
Parking: Free parking around Reeth village green, DL11 6SG.
Navigation: Moderate. Walking along the Swale Trail is well navigated, but if you are planning on doing a circular walk like we did, a map will be useful for keeping on the right footpaths.
Terrain: Mixed terrain.