Swaledale is always a pleasure to explore at any time of the year and Reeth makes a popular starting point. Distance : 8 miles, or 4 miles if Scabba Wath Bridge is used Time : 4 or 2 hours Grade : easy, no climbing, stiles mainly in first two miles Conditions : well signed paths and tracks Refreshments : Reeth OS Explorer Map OL30 Originally published : 6 May 2011 This easy 8 mile route does not scale any heights yet offers extensive views over one of Yorkshire's most exquis

Egton is one of the highest villages in Eskdale and from its slopes there are spectacular views of the dale below and the deeply wooded tributary valleys that join it from the south, all to be explored on this 10 mile route. Distance : 10 miles Time : 5 hours Grade : moderate Conditions : well signed paths, 1 long and 2 short climbs Refreshments : Egton, Beck Hole, Egton Bridge OS Explorer Map OL27 Originally published : 12 June 2009 We start from the car park, (GR 808067),

Although blessed with a beautiful landscape of undulating pastureland and wooded side valleys, all surrounded by high moors, Weardale...

The rich farmland to the south of Ripon has comparatively few rights of way. This easy 10 mile route uses field paths and bridleways to...

The area of Wensleydale where the valley broadens out below Leyburn makes for easy and relaxed walking. It is especially rewarding if combined with an exploration of the lower reaches of Coverdale, Wensleydale's main tributary. Distance : 7.5 miles Time : 4 hours Grade : easy Conditions : well-signed on good field paths Refreshments : East Witton, Middleham, Spennithorne, Cover Bridge OS Explorer Maps OL30 & 302 Originally published : 13 March 2009 We start our 7 and a half

There's a lot of leisurely walking possible in exploring the gentle grasslands in the triangle between Stokesley, Great Ayton and Great...

The flatlands of the Vale of Mowbray do not have the dense network of paths found in the national parks but nevertheless there are some...

The church of St. John in Escomb is, according to Pevsner, "one of the most important and most moving survivals of the architecture of...

The extensive moorlands between the River Greta and the Arkle Beck are crossed by a network of ancient trackways, now little frequented,...

In his famous 'Forty Years in a Moorland Parish' the renowned Canon John C Atkinson, for 53 years vicar of Danby, described his first...

In his delightful 'Rambles in Cleveland' of 1901, M. Heavisides says of Swainby that "it is yearly sought out by many a weary, jaded...

Runswick Bay is one of the prettiest villages along Yorkshire's coast and makes a good starting point for a walk inland across the four...

Lying on the Cleveland Way, Osmotherley, the start of this 7 mile walk, is nowadays very much a walker's village with an outdoor shop, a...

From Pateley Bridge, Nidderdale's tiny stone built 'capital', a wide variety of outstanding walks can be devised. One of the best is this...

If you enjoy being astonished whilst walking by a landscape covered with buildings of baroque classical grandeur then this 8 mile circuit...

Holwick Scars are one of the most distinctive features in the lanbdscape of Teesdale, a brooding line of sombre crags of fluted pillars...

For centuries huge flocks of sheep have pastured the rich grasslands on the dip slope of the limestone Tabular Hills. The monastic orders exploited them first in the Middle Ages followed by the new landowners after the abbeys were dissolved. Sheep farming is still important today as you are bound to see on this 11 mile walk which uses the old route between Byland and Rievaulx , two of the wealthiest Cistercian houses. Distance : 11 miles (13 including Rievaulx) Time : 6 hours

The countryside west of Masham is one of rushing streams set in well wooded valleys separated by extensive tracts of low lying moorland....

Situated at the mid point of the valley, Rosedale Abbey is the only village in the 9 mile long Rosedale. It is named for the nunnery...

One of the most attractive of Yorkshire's smaller dales, 12 mile long Coverdale merges into Wensleydale at Cover Bridge, a mile and a half east of Middleham, the starting point for this 7 mile walk. Distance : 7 miles Time : 3 hours Grade : moderate Conditions : well-marked field paths and open moorland Refreshments : Middleham OS Explorer Map OL30 Originally published: 25 January 2008 The ruins of the formidable castle dominate the tiny town. It was started in 1170 by Robert