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178 BACK ROADS GREAT BRITAIN

Yorkshire Dales and Abbeys

Departing from the beautiful spa town of Harrogate, this drive follows a circuit through
the Yorkshire Dales National Park, with some truly sublime stretches that demand to be
taken at an easy pace. Along the way are the estate village of Ripley with its castle, the
small cathedral city of Ripon, the pretty market towns of Middleham and Leyburn, linked
by an ancient bridge across the Ure, and Hawes, home of Wensleydale cheese. Star
features of the tour are the ruins and grounds of Jervaulx, Fountain and Bolton abbeys.
Plundered in the 16th century on the
orders of Henry VIII, these once-
glorious monastic buildings
are now poignant East Bolton
East Bolton
monuments to the Ab botside Common Askrigg Common Moor Moor Hauxwell
Hauxwell
Ab botside Common
Askrigg Common
Bellerby
transience of power. Castle Bellerby Hunton Patrick
Castle
Hunton Patrick
Bolton
Askrigg
Askrigg Bolton Brompton
Brompton
Redmire
Leyburn
Bainbridge Redmire Leyburn Crakehall
Bainbridge
Crakehall
Spennithorne
Widdale
Widdale Swinthwaite Spennithorne
Swinthwaite
HAWES
Wensley
Newton
Fell Fell HAWES Wensley Newton
MIDDLEHAM
le Willows
Bedale
Ure Ure MIDDLEHAM le Willows Bedale
W e n s l e y d a l e
Aysgarth West West
W e n s l e y d a l e Aysgarth
Witton
Witton
JERVAULX
Thoralby
Thoralby JERVAULX
Penhill
Penhill Thornton
Thornton
ABBEY
Watlass
East East ABBEY Watlass
Melmerby
Snape
Melmerby l e e Witton Ellingstring Snape Carthorpe
Witton
Carthorpe
Ellingstring
Masham
Fearby
Middle Tongue C o v e r d r d a a l Fearby Masham Well Well Kirklington
Middle Tongue
Kirklington
642m 642m C o v e
Leighton
Langstr othdale Chase
Langstr othdale Chase Leighton Swinton West Tanfield
Swinton
West Tanfield
Buckden Pike
Buckden Pike
701m 701m Scar House
Scar House
Masham
Little Reservoir Masham Ure Ure Melmerby
Little
Melmerby
Reservoir
Moor
Whernside
Buckden
Halton Gill
Halton Gill Buckden Whernside Moor Wath Wath
Grewelthorpe
Great
Middlesmoor
Great Middlesmoor Grewelthorpe
Whernside Angran
Whernside Angran
704m 704m Reservoir
Reservoir
Laverton Kirkby Malzeard
Hutton
Laverton Kirkby Malzeard Hutton
Conyers
NOR TH YORKSHIRE
Wharfe
Wharfe
Kettlewell NOR TH YORKSHIRE Conyers
Kettlewell
Arncliffe RIPON Marton
RIPON
Marton
Winksley
Ramsgill Dallowgill
le Moor
Ramsgill Dallowgill Winksley le Moor
Arncliffe W
W
Moor
Moor
L i t t o n d a l e
L i t t o n d a l e
h
h
Gouthwaite
Littlethorpe
Gouthwaite Fountains Littlethorpe
a
Fountains
a
Conistone
Conistone Reservoir Sawley Abbey
Reservoir
SawleyAbbey
r
r
Moor
Moor
f
f
Malham Tarn e e
Malham Tarn
Above Middleham castle, dating from 1170, favourite d d N i d d e r d a l e Pateley Bishop
Bishop
Pateley
Monkton
Monkton
Bridge
Bridge
home of the young Richard III, see p182 a a Grimwith N i d d e r d a l e Nidd
Grimwith
l
Reservoir
Bordley l e Reservoir
Bordley
e
Burton
Grassington
Grassington Bishop Burton
Bishop
Leonard
Threshfield
Threshfield Nidd Thornton Leonard
Thornton
ACTIVITIES Hebden
Hebden
Dacre
Thorpe
Pack
Thorpe Burnsall Pack Dacre
Burnsall
Take the plunge in a steamy Turkish bath in the beautiful Cracoe Stones Darley RIPLEY
Stones
RIPLEY
Cracoe
Darley
Moor
Scotton
spa town of Harrogate Hetton Barden Moor Scotton
Barden
Hetton
Rylstone
Rylstone Fell Fell Hampsthwaite Knaresborough
Hampsthwaite
Knaresborough
Set your watch in Ripon when the Hornblower blows in West End F or est Moor
West End
Barden Scale
the market place at 9pm every evening Barden Scale Wharfe Washburn F or est Moor
Wharfe
Blubberhouses
Blubberhouses
Washburn
HARROGATE
Explore the poignant ruins of Jervaulx Abbey, laid waste BOLTON ABBEY Fewston HARROGATE
BOLTON ABBEY
Fewston
by Henry VIII’s henchmen Embsay Reservoirs
Embsay
Reservoirs
Draughton
Watch the young racehorses galloping out in the Draughton Pannal Follifoot
Pannal
Follifoot
F or est of Knar esbor ough
morning on the moors outside Middleham Skipton F or est of Knar esbor ough
Skipton
Addingham
Addingham
Walk into the beautiful Yorkshire Dales having packed a
delicious Wensleydale picnic from Hawes
KEY
Learn how to fly fish at Bolton Abbey, or ride a steam train, Drive route
pet the farm animals or just enjoy the scenery
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