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WALK 7 - Willance's Leap and Round Howe Location: Richmond
is situated on the A6108 road 4.5 miles (7.2km)
south-west of Scotch Corner. Start/Parking:
Richmond,
has several car parks, but for this walk use the
Nuns' Close car park off Hurgill Road, just off the
A6108. Grid
Ref: 171
009. Distance:
7.5
miles (12km) circular. Allow 4 hrs. OS
Maps: Explorer
304 (1:25,000) or Landranger 92
(1:50,000). Refreshments: Inns,
cafes and restaurants in Richmond. Public
Toilets: The
car park, the market place and others in Richmond,
also at Round Howe car park. Other:
Shops,
bus services, Post Office, the Green Howards
Museum, the Georgian Theatre, the Friary Gardens,
Richmond Castle and Saturday is 'market day'.
1
((GR: 168 001) From the car park entrance
turn right and at the junction (opposite the
garage) turn right again and continue along the
main road. 2
(GR:
167 011) Turn right (Westfields Road)
and follow the road uphill past the houses.
Remain on the road to Whitcliffe Farm. 3
(GR:
152 015) Go past the farmhouse where the
road surface reduces to a stone track. Follow the
track to High Leases and pass through a gate. After
a few yards cross a waymarked stile in the hedge on
the right. Climb up to the top of the field and
bear left along the line of a former hedgerow.
4
(GR:
146 016) Follow the track climbing to the
top corner of the field, heading towards two aerial
masts in the distance. 5
(GR:
143 018) Cross the double stile in the
right corner of the field and follow the left fence
through two fields. Go over two stiles and follow
an enclosed path beside a small conifer plantation,
cross another stile and proceed along the left
fence. 6
(GR:
136 021) Go through the metal kissing gate
to the Willance's Leap monuments. Turn right and
proceed along the top of the scar. Continue round
to the right and follow the wall to a cattle grid
at the head of Deepdale. 7
(GR:
129 019) DO NOT CROSS THE CATTLE GRID,
instead turn left and follow the narrow tarmac lane
which descends into Deepdale. 8
(GR:
128 019) Before the cattle grid, leave the
tarmac lane heading left to a gap stile (SP
Footpath this way). Turn left and descend
alongside a ruined wall to a stile in the left wall
(SP Coast-to-Coast). DO NOT USE THIS STILE,
instead go through a gap in the ruined wall and
then descend steeply to a stile at the bottom of
the field. Go through the stile and follow the left
wall to an open gateway. 9
(GR:
129 106) Go through the gateway on the left
and descend through three fields to reach the
riverside. Continue downstream crossing two step
stiles. 10
(GR:
141 012) The right of way bears left here
towards Whitcliffe Wood BUT our route follows a
'permissive' path which continues along the
riverside. Enter Whitcliffe Wood through a gate and
follow a rough cart track climbing up gradually to
Lownethwaite Farm. 11
(GR:
148 009) Go through a large metal gate on
the left. Turn right and follow the right boundary
which skirts round the farm. Cross a step stile and
go through a gate onto the farm lane. Turn left and
follow the lane to the main A6108 road. 12
(GR:
155 009) Turn left and follow the road,
after about 30 yards (27m) cross the road
and go through a gap in the wall opposite. Descend
through the wood to reach the picnic area at Round
Howe car park. Head left and pass through the car
park to the entrance (near the toilets).
Cross the long footbridge over the river
Swale. 13
(GR:
157 008) Go through a kissing gate, turn
left and pass through another gate. Follow a
tree-shaded track along the riverside. When the
track divides take the right fork away from the
river and go over a stile, continue through a gap
in a hedge and then follow a broad green
track. 14
(GR:
164 008) Before returning to the riverside,
leave the track and go over a step stile into Billy
Bank wood. Turn left and follow a clear path
climbing up through the wood above the river,
eventually leading back to the road at Richmond
Bridge. 15
(GR:
170 005) Turn left and cross the bridge. At
the green continue ahead onto Bridge Street and
climb uphill. Follow New Road around the right bend
and continue climbing to reach the market square.
After visiting some of the attractions locate King
Street and follow it to a roundabout. Turn left,
follow the road to the garage, turn right onto
Hurgill Road and then first left, returning to the
Nuns' Close car park. |
