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WALK 8 - A Circuit of Kisdon Island Location: Keld
is situated on the B6270 Richmond to Kirby Stephen
road 23 miles (37km) west of Richmond. Start/Parking:
Keld,
there is a good sized car park at Park Lodge Farm
just off the village square. Grid
Ref: 893
012. Distance:
5.5
miles (9km) circular. Allow 2.75 hrs plus an extra
30 mins if you wish to visit Kisdon
Force. OS
Maps: Explorer
OL30 (1:25,000) or Landranger 91
(1:50,000). Refreshments: Park
Lodge Farmhouse at Keld, the Kearton Guest House at
Thwaite. Public
Toilets: Keld,
between the road junction and the village
square. Other:
The
United Reform Church, youth hostel, bus service,
telephone. 1
(
(GR: 893 012) Leave the car park, turn
right and follow the road to the junction by the
telephone box at the top of the village. Turn left
and continue along the road towards Muker and
Thwaite. 2
(GR:
892 005) After about 0.5 mile (0.8km), go
through a gated stile on the left (SP
Thwaite). Bear right and go over another
stile (SP Footpath), continue ahead on a
waymarked path through four gap stiles (watch your
head at the 3rd stile especially if you are over 5
feet (1.5m) in height), to reach a wooden
footbridge at Ay Gill. 3
(GR:
890 002) Cross the bridge, climb a few
steps and continue on a more obvious route through
the pastures, passing below Angram, to the main
road. 4
(GR:
889 996) Turn left and follow the road
between two barns. About 50 yards (46m) past the
barns leave the road through a gated stile on the
left (SP Footpath), bear right and begin descending
to Thwaite. Pass to the left of a barn and go
through a stile near the corner of the wall.
Continue descending and cross a stream. 5
(GR:
890 992) Follow a faint track and pass
through a gated stile behind a tree. Turn left and
keeping to the wall side go through two gated
stiles to reach a barn. 6
(GR:
891 989) Go through a gated stile (watch
your head, another stile with height
restrictions), continue through three gap
stiles and then follow the beck downstream. Leave
the beckside and follow a flagged path to go
through a gap stile in the wall corner. 7
(GR:
892 984) Head diagonally across the next
field and go through a gap stile, bear half left
and go through another gap stile. Bear right and
follow a farm lane past the barns and go through a
gap stile onto a narrow lane. 8
(GR:
893 982) (Thwaite village can be visited
via a gap stile to the right). Turn left and
follow the lane through two gap stiles. Turn left
and pass through a gate, continue across the
meadow, cross a bridge and go through a gate. Head
to the right wall and climb up steeply to a gap
stile in the top right corner. 9
(GR:
896 984) Turn right and follow a narrow
track climbing gradually through the heather. Go
through a gap stile, follow the left wall and go
through a gate. Now follow the right wall, turn
right at the wall corner and continue to Kisdon
Farm. Continue through two gates and along a walled
lane to a junction. Turn right (SP Pennine Way)
and descend a short distance. 10
(GR:
904 986) Turn left (SP Pennine Way),
Climb up a broad track, leading over a wooden
stile and a ladder stile. The path levels out and
is very easy to follow along the shoulder of Kisdon
Hill. 11
(GR:
899 007) Turn right (SP Pennine
Way), through the wall and descend to a
junction. Take the left track (SP Pennine
Way) and continue descending. 12
(GR:
896 009) Turn right (SP Kisdon Upper
Falls) and follow a narrow track to visit
Kisdon Force. Retrace steps to point 12, continue
along the track and go through a gate. This track
leads back to the village square at
Keld. |
