Pennine Way a Tra i l ... NATIONAL TRAIL Tr y – Gargrave ramble 6.5 miles (10.6 km) – easy circular walk

Walking from Gargrave

As walks on the Pennine Way go 6 Cross the stile signposted 10 At Bank Newton the towpath this has to be one of the easiest Pennine Way East Marton 1/2 stops and joins a minor road for Gargrave ramble with only a few gentle rolling mile. Follow the path along the a short distance before you can Start Gargrave village hills. edge of the woodland and horse rejoin the towpath. fields onto the minor road. Distance 6.5 miles (10.6 km) The walk starts in the middle of 11 As you approach the A65 go Terrain Fields, tracks and towpath Gargrave by the bus stop and 7 Follow the minor road towards through the tunnel under the public toilets. Alternatively, you East Marton. road and continue on the canal. Time 3 hours can start at the railway station 8 Turn left down onto the towpath 12 Leave the canal and turn right and join the route at point 2 Refreshment & public toilets Public and follow the towpath for 200m back into Gargrave Village. toilets in Gargrave. Cafés and pubs in 1 Cross over the river on the stone to view the double arched bridge Gargrave and East Marton over the canal. arched bridge, passing the How to get there Bus and train from church on your left. 9 Having seen the bridge turn Skipton and Settle 2 Follow the signpost marked round and walk back to where 12 Pennine Way, Trenet Bridge 2 you first joined the canal, but this miles, crossing the stone wall time walk under the bridge and into the fields through the stone along the towpath. stile. 11 1 3 Turn left along the track passing over the railway line. 4 Crossing the cattlegrid, go over 2 the stile and head for the fingerpost to your right on the 3 horizon. Follow the obvious path across the fields, eventually crossing a small footbridge before coming out onto a track by Trenet Bridge. 5 Follow the track across 4 the stone arched bridge.

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Roman Ford. This walk starts by crossing the road bridge over the The Leeds to Liverpool Canal - which allowed them to River Aire. In Roman times the river was crossed by means of a At 127.25 miles, the Leeds and increase the size and height of beautifully contructed paved ford. This very rare intact Roman Liverpool is the longest canal buildings used for weaving. ford was discovered in 1967 when work was carried out to clear in Britain. It links the seaport Liverpool merchants, however, the river bed of centuries of accumulated debris. It is located of Liverpool with the Aire and were more interested in downstream of the bridge and can easily be seen when the river Calder Navigation at Leeds, acquiring a good supply of level is low. creating a through route coal for Liverpool from Wigan. between the Irish Sea and the By 1777, when the canal was North Sea. There are 92 locks open from Liverpool to Wigan which enable the canal to and from Leeds to Gargrave, reach its highest point of 487.5 the company ran out of money. feet above sea level on the Construction ceased until 1790 summit at Foulridge. when the economy improved In the middle of the 1700's, and more finance was Yorkshire was a well estab- available. By then East lished woollen manufacturing Lancashire was rapidly area, while Lancashire's developing as an industrial industries were still in their area and the canal proprietors infancy. Consequently it was realised that there was a in Yorkshire that the canal was greater opportunity for trade first proposed. In the 1760's around Blackburn and Burnley. Yorkshire merchants were keen The proposed canal was altered to improve the supply of lime accordingly and it finally and limestone from the Craven opened in 1816. district. This they used to improve the fertilisation of agricultural land and to produce a better mortar

Gargrave ramble route profile

www.nationaltrail.co.uk/pennineway Double Arched Bridge near East Marton