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.