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WALK 4 - West Burton and the Templars Chapel Location: Aysgarth
Falls is situated 8 miles west of Leyburn on the
A684 Northallerton to Sedburgh road. Start/Parking:
Aysgarth
Falls National Park Centre has a large car
park. Grid
Ref: 011
888. Distance:
6.75
miles circular. Allow 3 hrs. OS
Maps: Outdoor
Leisure Map 30 (1:25,000) or Landranger 98
(1:50,000). Refreshments: The
National Park Centre, Mill Race Tea Shop, Falls Tea
Room, Public
Toilets: Aysgarth
Falls National Park Centre. Other:
Post
Office, telephone, youth hostel, bus
service. 1
(GR 011 888) Leave the car park at the
opposite end to the entrance (SP Upper Falls)
follow the path down to the left and through a
stile onto the road. Cross the bridge and leave the
road by the Carriage Museum (St. Andrew's
Church). Climb some steps and follow the path
to the church entrance. Turn right on a path
leading directly away from the church door. Leave
the churchyard through a gate following a tarmac
lane to the main road. 2
(GR 013 883) Cross the road and through
the stile opposite (SP Eshington Bridge).
Cross the field and through another stile.
Descend to a stile in the valley bottom, then
follow the fence up and through a gated stile. Bear
right and descend through a gate in the bottom
right of the field. Continue downhill bearing
slightly left to a stile in the bottom right corner
by a gate. After about 25yds turn left through a
stile and then down to stile leading onto the
road. 3
(GR 015 878) Turn right and follow the
road. After crossing Eshington Bridge take a gap
stile on the right (SP West Burton). Cross
the field and go over a wooden step stile. Follow
the right wall to its end. Bear left to go through
2 stiles by the side of Bishopdale Beck. A clear
path leads across 2 fields and onto the main road.
4
(GR 016 869) Cross the road and climb
the steps opposite (SP West Burton 75yds). A
narrow lane leads through a stile onto the road.
Turn right and follow the road to the village
centre. Turn left at the green, follow the road
down to the bottom of the green and turn right onto
a rough track (SP Morpeth Gate and Cote
Bridge). 5
(GR 019 867) Cross a stone packhorse
bridge, and after a few yards turn left and follow
a path up to a stile. Turn right and continue up a
fenced path and through a stile by a barn. Climb
toward Barrack wood. 6
(GR 022 868) Enter the wood over a
wooden stile, turn right and follow a clear path
through 2 stiles to leave the wood. Climb steeply
through 2 more stiles, then head half right up to a
wall. 7
(GR 027 866) Turn left onto a green
track along the shoulder of Penhill (Hudson
Lane). At a junction (Morpeth Scar) turn
right and continue on a good track (High Lane)
to a T-Junction. 8
(GR 038 881) Turn left through a gate
onto a walled green lane which receives a concrete
surface as it begins to descend. 9
(GR 039 887) On the second part of a
double bend leave the track by turning left. Pass
between 2 woods keeping nearer to the right hand
one. Go through a gate then bear right descending
towards a fenced enclosure (The Templars'
Chapel). 10
(GR 035 887) Continue through the stile
by the chapel. Turn right and descend a stony track
(SP Temple Farm). At the bottom go through a
gate and follow the track past the farm and through
a stile onto the main road. 11
(GR 032 889) Turn left and follow the
road. After crossing a bridge at the entrance to
Hestholme Farm go through a stile and cross the
field diagonally to reach the riverside. Continue
through several fields, an obvious track rises away
from the riverbank and after going through a stile
and gate combination bear left towards a small
wood. 12
(GR 018 887) Go through a stile and
continue on a good path leaving the wood at a gap
stile. Cross the field towards the church entrance
and return to the car park by the outward
route. |
