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Shap Crosby Ravensworth Fell and valley High 1 Meaburn 2 Haberwain Appleby-in- 2½ hours, 6 miles, 9.2km – Moderate Crosby Ravensworth Westmorland Stride up onto Crosby Ravensworth Fell for k Butchers n a b k Arms panoramic views of the Pennines, Howgills and le c Haber a e View point Hardendale D B Lakeland hills. There is evidence of prehistoric Town Head over fell Quarry Low settlements with stone circles, earthworks, a Pinfold Dalebanks

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n out for curlews, skylarks and snipe. Lime kiln n e Gilts Lane v y You can divert up to the summit or Black Dub – the L Ewe monument erected in 1843 to mark the source of the Kilometres 0 ½ 1 1½ Cairn Locks Circle Lyvennet where Charles II rested his horses and Cairns Miles 0 ½ 1 troops on his way from Scotland in 1651. The Coronation tree, a Great Asby lone elm, was planted in Crosby

(course of) Lodge 1937 to commemorate the R O M A N R O A D 4 coronation of George Vl. Wicker 5 Street Gilts Coronation Tree Farm Walk 1 Cairn Stone Optional trail extension Walk 1 directions Circle 1. Park beside Crosby M6 Motorway Ravensworth shelter B road in the middle of the Minor road Coalpit Hill Track village. Walk along the Crosby Ravensworth Fell Orton ▲401m Public footpath road towards the Summit Black Dub Butchers Arms. Check opening times for refreshments on your return! Coronation tree 2. Turn right just before the pub and cross the footbridge over Dalebanks Beck. Turn left and • (Or you can divert here to Black Dub by continuing follow the Beck up the road through Low straight on along the bridleway following the green Dalebanks hamlet to the last house on the road, waymarkers. At the green steel building turn left onto High Dalebanks. Follow the grassed track a path through the heather until you reach the through 7 gates between fields to the monument. Return to the main walk by the same ancient hamlet of Oddendale. Curlew bridleway until you come to a junction with the 3. Through the farm turn left onto the fell, summit on your left and take the wide path on signposted Coast to Coast (C2C). Keep on the your right towards the Coronation tree with Black Dub the Pennines beyond.) 2.4 miles. main track passing a plantation on your right. the right of the Coronation Tree 4. At the next plantation on your left, bear left 5. The Coronation tree and a small down the fell to the farm track, Slack Randy. towards the far corner of this plantation following hawthorn sit in the centre of the At the road turn left into the village, passing Andy the C2C path up towards the Coronation Tree. limestone pavement. Take the path to Goldsworthy’s pinfold sculpture.

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B6260 •Kirkby Stephen A A1(M) •Orton Newbiggin R on Lune K E Tebay • N 38 • G B6270 A R A685 T H D A Discover these beautiful quiet villages of the Eden L E Richmond• A6 S W Howgill Fells A L E D A L E valley. There have been settlements here since A685 A683 M6 B6259 prehistoric times. The villages are surrounded by A1 •Kendal W A6108 37 •Sedbergh E N S L E Y D A L E farmland and fell giving magnificent views across to A684 G A Hawes• R S A684 D D A L E E A65 E N L T D A the surrounding Pennines, Howgill Hills and Lakeland A L E D P O A683 H mountains. Wander along the peaceful Lyvennet Beck B6255 B I S B6160 36 Yorkshire Dales National Park A65 between the villages. •Kirkby B6160 around Lonsdale B6479 W H B6255 A A6 R F There is so much walking, wildlife and history to enjoy. E N Ingleton• D I D R I B A D

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www.yorkshiredales.org.uk B6265 A61 A I R E A65 D A L E A59 Appleby Tourist Information Centre •Skipton Tel: 01768 351177 email: [email protected] A629 Ilkley Map: 1:25,000 OrdinanceA59 Survey Explorer OL19• or A65 1:50,000 Ordinance Survey Landranger 91. The paths over the fell and riverside can be muddy and uneven in places, so walking boots or wellingtons are advisable. There are some steep slopes and stiles. Dress for the weather, check the forecast and be prepared for conditions to change quickly. All the walks go over grazing areas and farmland so dogs must be kept on a lead at all times to protect Accessible routes – Both Crosby Ravensworth village street and the road livestock and ground nesting birds. around Maulds Meaburn are very quiet and Leave gates and property as you find them. fully accessible for wheelchairs and people Protect plants and animals and take your litter home. with limited mobility. The route passes many historic buildings and interesting features. This leaflet has been produced with Drive up to Bank Head in Crosby Ravensworth the assistance of the Yorkshire Dales and up Meaburn Edge in Maulds Meaburn for National Park Authority Sustainable superb views over the villages and fells. Development Fund. Nearest accessible toilet – Butchers Arms community pub, Crosby Ravensworth (when open – Tel: 01931 715500) or Orton Produced by local volunteers for Crosby Ravensworth Parish Council Design: www.lathwell.com village centre. Kings Meaburn Brackenslack & Morland Farm • Walk 2 Low Bridge

Crosby Ravensworth to Maulds atterg Sc ate G Meaburn along the Lyvennet ill FB 1¾ hours. 3 miles, 5km – Easy Walk along the Lyvennet Beck and enjoy Maulds FB 4 Maulds Meaburn Walk 2 Meaburn described by Hunter Davies as “one of the 5 B road most beautiful villages in the country”. Minor road

Along the route are two stone stepped stiles built by FB Track the Dent family in the 19th century to facilitate the Public footpath servant’s walk from Maulds Meaburn to church in FB Footbridge Crosby Ravensworth. k c e 3 Flass House Dent Bridge in Maulds Meaburn was built to allow B

t e the Dents to go to church by carriage! n Crake Trees e n The Dents built Flass House in the mid 1800’s after a Ly v Grand Tour of Europe. The village expanded to house Appleby-in- their estate workers e.g. Elizabeth Cottages. The Westmorland names of many homes around the Green are evidence of their former uses. e.g. the Forge, St Lawrence 2 B6260 the Old Police Station, the Brew House and Church the Old Mill. Crosby Ravensworth Gatekepper Crosby Hall Low Row Orton & M6 Maulds Meaburn Green is one of only 3 greens Shap 1 remaining in England still grazed by sheep. FB The school, now Meaburn Lodge, used the Green as FB their playground. It closed in 1963. ck k Be an eb Kilometres al 0 ½ 1 1½ D Butchers Arms 0 Miles ½ 1

Orton Bank Lane View Point Walk 2 directions Palladian style mansion, Flass House. Continue 1. From the shelter in Crosby Ravensworth walk on down theBank driveway Head track into Maulds Meaburn. the road past the church and the Millenium Stone. 4. You can keep to the road all around the village or Follow the road over a bridge and then cross over walk onto the Green past the weir the second bridge to your right. Immediately after and salmon steps and criss-cross Kingfisher the bridge go through the gate on the left into the on the footpath bridges. farm garth. 5. Return to Crosby Ravensworth 2. Follow the river through the garth and a large field. on the same riverside route Go through 2 stepped stiles, then cross diagonally to in reverse 3-1. the far left-hand corner of the field. 3. Through the gate, pass under a stone tunnel which brings you along the high boundary wall of a

Morland • Walk 3 Maulds Meaburn round via Meaburn Brackenslack Lane Brackenslack Hall Appleby-in- Westmorland 1¼ hours. 2 miles, 3km – Moderate Wander amongst the sheep on Maulds Meaburn Meaburn King’s Green as you walk beside the Lyvennet Beck , the Brackenslack Farm weir and salmon steps. Low Bridge 5 Then climb up behind the houses through the old 4 atterg strip fields for great views over the village and right Sc ate G ill 6 up the Lyvennet valley to the Coronation Tree on Harry’s 3 Barn Crosby Ravensworth Fell. FB 2

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Crake Trees Flass k 0 Miles ½ c House e Crosby B Walk 3 directions t n e Ravensworth n 1. Park opposite Maulds Meaburn Village Institute. Ly v e Walk down the road past the bridge onto the Green. Follow the river downstream past the weir. Cross over the first footbridge and the mill race. 5. Walk up to Brackenslack Farm. Turn right and go through the farmyard. From the farm gate cross 2. Take the public footpath, marked Brackenslack to the far-right hand corner of the field. Pass Lane, at the roadside stile beside Harry’s Barn. Walk through the gate into the wood and then uphill to the track and into a long strip field. Cross immediately turn left. Follow the path into the into another strip field on your left and walk down wood, crossing the beck bridge in the dip and to the far left-hand corner. climbing up the other side. 3. Climb over the ladder stile and cross up the field 6. Emerging from the wood over a stile, go straight diagonally. At the crest of the slope look back over over a field, track and further 3 fields using gates or Maulds Meaburn and up to the Coronation Tree on stiles until you come to a farm track. This takes you Crosby Ravensworth Fell. down to the road. Turn right down into Maulds 4. Go downhill to the footbridge over Scattergate Gill Meaburn where Dent Bridge takes you back to and up to a stile onto the road. Maulds Meaburn Village Institute.