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How to walk to Linton from Linton Falls

Directions to be used in conjunction with a map.

1. From the Linton Falls pay and display car park take the lane that heads out of the car park in the direction of the church (this is the toilet block end of the car park). Continue as far as the church then climb up the stone steps into the church yard. Here, keep right and continue straight on along the edge of the churchyard until you reach a gate to exit.

2. Head through this and continue straight on until you reach the stepping stones. You aren’t going to cross them, but take the path that heads right before you reach them. It’s slightly narrower than the one you are on, but heads along the river side until it reaches a ladder stile.

3. Cross the ladder stile. The path continues upwards, diagonally towards the top corner of a small cluster of trees. From there, continue up the steep bank, continuing in the same direction that you have been following until the tree line. You will be heading to the left hand perimeter of the field you are in and heading through a wooden gate and stile in the wall.

4. Continue following the diagonal direction across the following field to another gate and squeeze through the wall until you reach the metal gate onto the road. Next to this is a wooden gate for you to head through. At the road, cross over, then directly opposite, but a little to your right you will see a signpost to Thorpe Lane/ Linton. Continue through the wooden gate next to it, entering the field.

5. Follow the drystone wall on your right until it reaches a corner very shortly after you enter the field. Follow the wall round the corner and you will immediately see a stile and further gate through the wall. Continue over the stile, then turn left. You will see a stone farm building ahead, aim for that. You will pass over another ladder stile, and continue to pass the building keeping it on your left. Ahead you will see a plantation of trees surrounded by a wall.

6. In the wall there is a gate. It’s to the left of the cluster of trees and heads along the perimeter. Head over the stile keeping the trees to your right. Continue straight on until you reach a stone stile with a footpath sign. Cross the stile and turn right down the stony track towards a farm. Before reaching the farm, you will see a yellow way marker on the gate to your right. Head through the gate. Once in the field, you are heading to the far side of the field, to the far side bottom corner (nearest the houses). In the wall there is a wooden gate and further stile through the wall.

7. Head through that and onto a walled track which takes you to the road into Linton. Upon reaching the road, turn left and head into the village. When you reach the beck, turn left and cross the stone footbridge. Directly opposite you will see the Fountaine Inn!

8. If you check out the pub, head back to the stone footbridge, and then retrace your steps back to the road. Cross over the road bridge and immediately after it on the right, there is a footpath sign for Threshfield. Continue onto the path and follow it for around 500m. It heads along a narrow lane, until you reach a gate. Here the path forks, and you need to keep right.

9. The path takes you under the old railway line and then continues through a further gate in the fence. From here head in the direction of the property and trees in the far left corner of the field beyond. There, you will meet the road again.

10. Cross the road and head right to the signposted bridleway to Threshfield School. Continue along the wide and obvious path, until it crosses over the old stone bridge which once spanned the railway here. Then continue straight on at the other side as the path descends to Threshfield School.

11. Head through the gate at the bottom and join the road. Turn left at the school and follow the road for a short distance until you see the signpost for Linton Falls on the opposite side. Cross the road and head through the gap in the wall onto the footpath. This will take you back along the riverside, passing the hydro-electric power station on the way.

12. From the power station head through the gate, and continue straight on until you see a small narrow stone footbridge across Captain Beck, which feeds the river. Cross this and turn left. The path takes you to the bridge crossing Linton Falls, check out the falls before turning back on yourself.

13. At this point, when you reach the stone bridge again, keep left and head back up onto the road. Turn left back to the car park.

Last walked November 2025.