Reeth Stepping Stones

Directions to Reeth Stepping Stones

1. Beginning from the village Green head towards the Black Bull Hotel, and then turn right down the road towards Frear House, passing the ice cream parlous on your left. Here, you will see a sign painted onto the wall that reads ‘to the river’. Do what it says!

2. Follow the footpath that runs through the houses. It will come out at a residential road. Here, turn left.

3. Head down the road until you reach the T junction at the bottom. Turn right, and head out of the village, you will pass a play area on your right as you do so (what 3 words: daunting.cropping.footpath.)

4. Continue along the track until you reach a gate into a field. The footpath heads straight on across it passing through several more field boundaries. Note: one of the fields contained cows at the time of walking for those who are concerned! The path is grassy and wide, and continues straight on until you reach Healaugh.

5. The path will gradually rise closer and close to the edge of the road, until it meets it in the hamlet of Healaugh. At this point, you will reach the road. Turn left before the first properties, then follow the edge of the wall downwards into the next field. The path now descends to the river, and the stepping stones.

6. Note. At the time of walking there were footpath closures for maintenance work. So we did not cross the stepping stones, but stopped for a play. There is an alternate return route on the far shore and back across the bridge at Reeth, but it was not possible to do this at the time of walking. The path is likely to have now reopened, and this walk route is due for review in August 2022)

7. Stop for a play at the stepping stones, before heading back to the near shore of the river. (Do not cross the stepping stones). Take the clear path that follows the northern edge of the River Swale all the way back to Reeth.

Last walked August 2021.