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Yorkshire Dales Celebration Way
Part 5 - Hawes to Reeth
Statistics:
Start: Hawes town centre Estimated Time: 8 hours
Start (OS ref): SD872898 Difficulty: Very Hard
Finish: Reeth village green Total Climbing: 744 metres
Finish (OS ref): SE039992 Longest Climb: 479 metres
Maps: OS OL30
(see above for details)
Longest Descent: 466 metres
  Hazards: Some road walking, long ascent, long descent
Distance: 20.7 miles (33.3 km) Refreshments: Thwaite, Muker, Gunnerside
Route Card
routeprofile
Elevation Profile
Waypoints
Leg Name /Position /Elevation Bearing Distance Ascent Time Comments

0

Start Day 5
SD 87240 89834
240 m
         

1

WP02
SD 87470 89844
233 m
087訊  230 m  0 m  0:02  Take the road to Hardraw 

2

WP03
SD 87585 90009
227 m
034訊  201 m  0 m  0:02   

3

Haylands Bridge
SD 87585 90364
225 m
359訊  355 m  4 m  0:04  Cross the bridge 

4

WP05
SD 87740 90519
225 m
044訊  219 m  0 m  0:02   

5

WP06
SD 87670 90724
233 m
340訊  217 m  8 m  0:03  Leave the road and cross fields to Hardraw 

6

WP07
SD 86900 91059
235 m
293訊  840 m  13 m  0:10   

7

Hardraw
SD 86735 91214
237 m
313訊  226 m  2 m  0:02  You can visit Hardraw Force the longest single drop waterfall in Yorkshire now before resuming the walk 

8

WP09
SD 86640 91199
236 m
260訊  96.2 m  0 m  0:01  Leave the road and follow the track up to Great Shunner Fell. Take a deep breath for there is 480 metres of ascent to the top 

9

WP10
SD 86515 91614
280 m
343訊  434 m  44 m  0:09   

10

WP11
SD 85915 91899
313 m
295訊  664 m  34 m  0:10   

11

WP12
SD 85755 92139
335 m
326訊  289 m  22 m  0:05  Take the left fork here 

12

WP12A
SD 85573 92227
357 m
295訊  202 m  22 m  0:04  Take the right fork here 

13

WP13
SD 85045 92734
433 m
313訊  732 m  76 m  0:15   

14

WP14
SD 84870 92914
457 m
315訊  251 m  25 m  0:05   

15

WP15
SD 84760 93104
481 m
329訊  220 m  23 m  0:04   

16

WP16
SD 84780 93179
486 m
014訊  77.7 m  0 m  0:00   

17

Hearne Top
SD 84708 93237
498 m
308訊  92.6 m  0 m  0:00  Take the right fork and continue your ascent of Great Shunner Fell 

18

WP17
SD 84465 93714
530 m
332訊  536 m  33 m  0:09   

19

WP18
SD 84385 94034
549 m
345訊  330 m  18 m  0:05   

20

WP19
SD 84410 94139
551 m
013訊  108 m  2 m  0:01   

21

WP20
SD 84290 94299
554 m
322訊  200 m  3 m  0:02   

22

WP21
SD 84260 94584
550 m
353訊  287 m  0 m  0:03   

23

WP22
SD 84335 94689
560 m
035訊  129 m  10 m  0:02   

24

WP23
SD 84335 95619
620 m
359訊  930 m  60 m  0:16   

25

WP24
SD 84390 95894
630 m
011訊  281 m  9 m  0:03   

26

Hearne Edge
SD 84358 95997
632 m
342訊  108 m  2 m  0:01  A relentless climb but only 60 metres of ascent left to do 

27

WP26
SD 84430 96209
640 m
018訊  225 m  8 m  0:03   

28

WP27
SD 84465 96465
650 m
007訊  257 m  10 m  0:03   

29

WP28
SD 84410 96635
656 m
341訊  179 m  6 m  0:02   

30

WP29
SD 84570 97045
700 m
021訊  440 m  43 m  0:09   

31

Great Shunner Fell
SD 84858 97282
713 m
050訊  373 m  14 m  0:05  Great stuff, you have reached the top of todays climb out of Wensleydale, now its a downhill into Swaledale 

32

WP31
SD 85590 98300
603 m
035訊  1.25 km  0 m  0:13   

33

WP32
SD 85930 98630
582 m
045訊  474 m  6 m  0:05   

34

WP33
SD 86505 98849
568 m
068訊  616 m  8 m  0:07   

35

WP34
SD 86850 98779
548 m
101訊  352 m  0 m  0:03   

36

WP35
SD 87560 98434
457 m
115訊  790 m  0 m  0:08  Follow the walled track down into Swaledale 

37

WP36
SD 87870 98454
436 m
086訊  311 m  0 m  0:03   

38

WP37
SD 88420 98224
341 m
112訊  596 m  0 m  0:06   

39

WP38
SD 88955 98364
310 m
075訊  553 m  0 m  0:05  Descend down the road into Thwaite 

40

Thwaite
SD 89165 98214
287 m
125訊  258 m  0 m  0:02  Leave the road here and cross fields in an easterly direction 

41

WP40
SD 89835 98169
268 m
093訊  672 m  2 m  0:07   

42

WP41
SD 90055 97954
259 m
134訊  308 m  0 m  0:03  Follow the road to the next waypoint 

43

WP42
SD 90170 97939
258 m
097訊  116 m  0 m  0:01  Leave the road and track north east 

44

WP43
SD 90300 98064
262 m
045訊  180 m  4 m  0:02  Turn south east towards Muker 

45

Muker
SD 90983 97887
249 m
104訊  705 m  2 m  0:07  Find the track north east through the fields 

46

WP45
SD 91280 98022
238 m
065訊  327 m  1 m  0:03  Find the river crossing and walk eastwards from the north side riverbank 

47

WP46
SD 91703 97949
237 m
099訊  429 m  1 m  0:04  Follow the river for two kilometers 

48

WP47
SD 92135 97752
231 m
114訊  476 m  1 m  0:05   

49

WP48
SD 92878 97764
235 m
088訊  743 m  8 m  0:08   

50

WP49
SD 93310 97837
228 m
080訊  439 m  2 m  0:04   

51

WP49A
SD 93595 97944
233 m
069訊  305 m  7 m  0:04  Follow the road up and around the bend 

52

Ivelet
SD 93598 97982
240 m
003訊  37.6 m  0 m  0:00  Leave the road by forking right and continue eastwards down to cross the beck and then continue east over the fields 

53

WP50
SD 94005 98097
241 m
074訊  424 m  5 m  0:05   

54

WP50A
SD 94335 98087
225 m
091訊  330 m  0 m  0:03  Take the left fork and continue crossing fields towards the village of Gunnerside 

55

WP51
SD 94818 98092
221 m
089訊  483 m  5 m  0:05   

56

Gunnerside
SD 95085 98182
229 m
071訊  282 m  8 m  0:03   

57

Gunnerside Bridge
SD 95110 98204
230 m
047訊  33.6 m  0 m  0:00  Cross the bridge than turn right off the road and down the alley beside the pub to find access into the fields 

58

WP51C
SD 95155 98164
228 m
131訊  60.2 m  0 m  0:00   

59

WP53
SD 95990 97919
217 m
106訊  870 m  4 m  0:09  Follow the riverside downstream 

60

WP54
SD 96263 97672
207 m
132訊  368 m  0 m  0:03   

61

Road
SD 96675 97612
211 m
098訊  417 m  5 m  0:04  Emerge onto the road and walk carefully to the next waypoint 

62

WP55
SD 96893 97539
216 m
108訊  229 m  5 m  0:02  Leave the road by bearing right and following the track to the riverside 

63

WP56
SD 97158 97294
202 m
132訊  361 m  0 m  0:03   

64

River Islands
SD 97515 97422
203 m
070訊  380 m  3 m  0:04  I love this spot especially with the view of the river looking towards Isles Bridge  

65

Isles Bridge
SD 97723 97494
199 m
070訊  220 m  0 m  0:02  Cross over the bridge and continue the riverside walk 

66

WP57
SD 97873 97519
199 m
080訊  152 m  0 m  0:01   

67

WP58
SD 98163 97409
197 m
110訊  310 m  0 m  0:03   

68

WP59
SD 99308 98459
196 m
047訊  1.55 km  5 m  0:17   

69

WP60
SD 99763 98519
197 m
082訊  459 m  3 m  0:05  The riverside ramble is now over. Turn sharp left and up through the copse to emerge on the road 

70

B6270
SD 99738 98554
203 m
324訊  43 m  0 m  0:00  Walk carefully along the B6270 for a while now 

71

WP0081
SE 00640 98394
191 m
100訊  917 m  5 m  0:10  Continue on the B6270 past this junction 

72

WP62
SE 00855 98367
187 m
097訊  217 m  0 m  0:02   

73

WP63
SE 01250 98524
186 m
068訊  425 m  0 m  0:04  Leave the road here and follow the track alongside the River Swale 

74

WP64
SE 01495 98434
189 m
110訊  261 m  4 m  0:03   

75

Barney Beck
SE 01575 98464
187 m
069訊  85.5 m  0 m  0:00  Ford Barney Beck and continue following the River Swale downstream 

76

WP65
SE 02093 98779
184 m
058訊  606 m  1 m  0:06   

77

WP66
SE 02878 99072
190 m
069訊  838 m  8 m  0:09  Leave the riverside here and follow the track over fields directly to the next waypoint 

78

WP67
SE 03693 99147
200 m
084訊  819 m  12 m  0:10  Turn left and up the road into Reeth 

79

WP68
SE 03668 99222
204 m
341訊  79.1 m  0 m  0:00   

80

WP69
SE 03693 99339
207 m
012訊  120 m  3 m  0:01  Careful on the main road 

81

Finish
SE 03828 99337
203 m
091訊  135 m  0 m  0:01  Well done, you have completed Stage 5 of my Dales Celebration Way 
 
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