Reeth – Medium Walk

This is an enjoyable walk,  with riverside, woodland and field walking and offers panoramic views of Swaledale at its summit. It will take around two hours to complete and is approximately 5 and a half miles long.

 View of Swaledale

 Getting ThereFrom Middlesbrough take the A66 to Darlington and then take the A66 and then the M1 to Scotch Corner. At Scotch Corner look for the Richmond turn off which is the A6108. Follow this through Richmond and continue on it until you come to the B6270 right turning to Reeth. Follow this and parking can be found on the Green in Reeth and the parking fee is a voluntary contribution.The Walk

                                                     Route of the Reeth WalkFrom the Green, walk in a downhill direction back to Reeth Bridge.

 Reeth Bridge

 Over the bridge, carry on along the road for a while until it swings to the

right. Look for a signpost sign to Grinton on the right and follow this footpath. 

                                                               Grinton signpostFollow the riverside path to a signpost then continue on a well marked path across fields until you reach Grinton Bridge. There is a right of way path to the left which will enable you to reach the road alongside the bridge.

 Right of Way path

 Cross the road and look for a path to the left beside the bridge. Follow this

path which will follow the river for a while. Keep on it until you reach a metalled lane.

 

 Riverside path view

 Stile to metalled lane

 Follow the lane, for about half a mile until you reach Marrick Priory. Marrick

Priory, is used for residential and outdoor activities. 

 Marrick Priory

 Walk past the buildings and over a cattle grid and immediately through a

gate on your left which is signposted "Marrick". 

 Cattle grid

 Gate to Marrick

 Walk up the grassy track then follow the paved footpath through woodland. This is the climbing part of the walk, and the incline is steady but you may

need to stop for breaks. 

                                                                Woodland path

Continue the walk through a few fields, with a wall to your right, until you reach gates at a farm. Go through the gates and onto the road. Opposite Harlands House turn left and follow the road.

 Harland House sign

 Follow the road until you come to a triangular junction and take the left

turning. 

 

Take left turningFollow the road past farm buildings for a quarter of a mile. Look for a stile at a footpath sign on your left.             

 Stile on left of road

Follow the track with the wall to your right and keep an eye out for another stile to your right which enables you to cross over to the other side of the wall.

 

Stile in wall 

Continue on the track with the wall to your left, in the direction to meet a road in the distance. 

   

 Path with road in the distance

 Turn left on the road and follow it for three quarters of a mile. The road will descend steeply and offer panoramic views of Swaledale. On a bend to the left and before the two roads meet in a fork look for a small stile in the wall

to your right. This should be signed "Fremington". 

 Stile in wall to the right

 Go straight ahead through a field onto another stile. Continue along this

waymarked field track, following all the waymarkers until you finally end up on a walled path behind houses.

  

 Road path near houses

 Follow the road left and then to the right and as it bends to the left go

straight ahead through a stile. 

 Road and path leading to stile

 Keep by the wall on the left and follow the path back to Reeth Bridge through

more stiles and a field. Head back to Reeth for refreshments! 

 Path back to Reeth bridge

  

Reeth In Saxon times, Reeth was only a settlement on the forest edge, but by the time of the Norman Conquest it had grown sufficiently in importance to be noted in the Domesday Book. Later it became a centre for hand-knitting and the local lead industry was controlled from here, but it was always a market centre for the local farming community.On 5 July 2014, the Tour de France Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate passed through the village.Village amenities include three public houses (the Black Bull Hotel, the Buck Hotel and the King's Arms), a post office and village shop, as well as the Burgoyne Hotel, which has been featured in the Good Hotel Guide and named one of Alistair Sawday's "Special Places to Stay", one of five National Park Centres for the Yorkshire Dales is located in Reeth. The local health establishment is Reeth Medical Centre, which serves over 200 square miles of land, caring for over 1,500 patients from the surrounding area.