Wharfedale; Grassington Circular

This is Walk 5 in our booklet of "Yorkshire Dales Outstanding Circular Walks," and we start at the village of Grassington.

The village is noted for its cobbled market square and many old houses. It was originally a farming centre that expanded due to mining and quarrying locally; it now thrives on tourism - it was used as the setting for the TV series "All Creatues Great and Small".

We leave from the north end of the village and walk past Lea Green, an ancient Neolithic / Bronze Age settlement on the outskirts of Barstow Wood. We then cross the Grass Wood Nature Reserve before heading down to the River Wharfe. We follow the riverside to reach Ghastrill's Strid, a narrow and rocky stretch of the River, before continuing along it further and back into Grassington.

A very pleasant 5-mile walk.Read more