Walk ny147 Wharfedale from Bolton Abbey, Wharfedale

This 7¼ mile, Grade 2 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Wharfedale & will take about 3 hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:7¼mls (11.5km)
Ascent:210ft (64m)
Time:3hrs
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Route outline for walk ny147:

Wharfedale  -  Bolton Abbey  -  The Dales Way  -  The River Wharfe  -  Wharfedale  -  Pickles Beck  -  Stead Dike  -  Posforth Gill  -  Black Sike  -  Bolton Abbey Aqueduct  -  Barden Bridge  -  Bolton Abbey Aqueduct  -  The Strid  -  Strid Wood  -  Cavendish Pavilion  -  Sand Holme  -  Bolton Priory  -  Bolton Abbey  -  Wharfedale

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

Bolton Priory near Bolton Abbey is a ruined 12th-century Augustinian monastery abandoned in the 1539 Dissolution of the Monasteries ordered by King Henry VIII.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Dales Way, a 130km (81 miles) linear footpath connecting Ilkley in West Yorkshire, England with Bowness-On-Windermere in Cumbria, England. The Dales Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Dales Way.


Free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:

The Yorkshire Dales National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer OL2 Yorkshire Dales - Southern & Western areas


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Landranger 104 Leeds & Bradford, Harrogate & Ilkley is not currently available



Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ny147 Wharfedale from Bolton Abbey, Wharfedale

In no particular order . . .

The River Wharfe

The River Wharfe

Photo: Christine Shepherd (774)

The River Wharf tumbles through The Strid in Strid Wood, Wharfedale

The River Wharf tumbles through The Strid in Strid Wood, Wharfedale

Photo: Dawn Fidler (1)

Spiders doing their thing whilst the sun shines, Strid Wood, Wharfedale

Spiders doing their thing whilst the sun shines, Strid Wood, Wharfedale

Photo: Dawn Fidler (3)

Wild Flowers in Strid Wood, Wharfedale

Wild Flowers in Strid Wood, Wharfedale

Photo: Dawn Fidler (2)

The famous stepping stones over the River Wharfe at Bolton Abbey, Wharfedale

The famous stepping stones over the River Wharfe at Bolton Abbey, Wharfedale

Photo: Dawn Fidler (4)


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