Playing in the water on a calm day

The view from the top path on the return to Hubberholme

How to walk to Yockenthwaite from Hubberholme

Directions (to be used in conjunction with a map)

1. Beginning from the parking area at the side of the river on Stubbing Lane, head in the direction of the church. On your right, there is a wide vehicular access track, which is signposted, ‘footpath Yockenthwaite’. Head towards the farm ahead.

2. The track bends to the left around the back of the churchyard, then take the lower left fork. The footpath follows along the side of the water, eventually dropping down right to the edge of it, keeping it to your left. You will be on the Dales Way footpath, which is well waymarked and on easily identifiable footpaths. When you cross a little footbridge over a (mostly) dry gill, you have reached Strans gill, check out more information about that below.

3. You will continue on this same footpath until you reach Yockenthwaite. Along here, there are some spots to get down to the water’s edge. Please respect any signage/ boundaries from the landowner and the angling club who use the water.

4. After 1.5 miles, you will see the buildings of Yockenthwaite appear on your right. At this point, the path begins to head diagonally right, up the field to a stile in the wall and a little wooden gate. Head through the gate and then diagonally left to the next gate. It is signposted.

5. Head through the gate and across the next field to the open gateway in the wall opposite. There is another footpath sign here, follow the Dales Way signage rightwards to another signpost, this time pointing in three directions.

6. Here you need to take the ‘FP Cray’ direction. The path heads between the buildings and follows the stone track as it starts to climb. As you pass another farm building on your right, you will soon see yet another footpath sign. The path now heads off the stony track, and onto a wide grassy path that climbs and heads in a rightwards direction around the back of the property.

7. It then re-joins a stone track. Here, turn right and keep heading upwards until you reach a public footpath sign pointing to Hubberholme and Cray. Head through the waymarked gate, and head straight on along the path. You will then go through another waymarked gate. There is another yellow waymarker post, which will keep you on track as the path keeps climbing upwards.

8. The path heads through a broken wall where you will see a footpath sign again (pictured above). Follow the direction of the arrow, which points in a rightwards direction. Head through another gate (there are a lot of these!) and keep following the path in an easterly direction until it climbs diagonally leftwards and up until you reach woodland.

9. The path goes into this, and across a little footbridge into the woods. Head through the woods and out the other side. You will see a limestone scar and flashes of limestone pavement ahead. Continue through a National Trust waymarked gate and walk towards Scar House and the wooden signpost on the track. You need to follow the footpath signposted Hubberholme.

10. The path is now a stone access track. Follow it as it heads down and around the back of the farmhouse and then bends around to the right, heading between two buildings, then round to the left and starts to descend towards Hubberholme.

11. The track goes through the farm and then descends via the concrete farm access track, until you reach the church where you began!

Last walked June 2026

Throwing stones in the water at the bridge in Hubberholme