Arkle Beck and Cuckoo Hill loop from Reeth — Yorkshire Dales National Park

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Reeth, Fremington And Healaugh

Arkle Beck and Cuckoo Hill loop from Reeth — Yorkshire Dales National Park

Moderate

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Arkle Beck and Cuckoo Hill loop from Reeth — Yorkshire Dales National Park

01:29

5.43km

80m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Great for any fitness level. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 12, 2024

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Yorkshire Dales National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.56 km

Path Along Arkle Beck

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This path, north of Reeth, stays close to Arkle Beck throughout and leads you through beautiful hay meadows and grassy slopes, with the huge and rather overwhelming (in a good way!) Fremington Edge, rising to the north-east.

Sit down, get your notepad out and start writing poems about this place!

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3.06 km

Castle Wood

Highlight • Forest

On the north-eastern banks of Arkle Beck and at the feet of the imposing Fremington Edge escarpment, Castle Wood is a peaceful place to walk in. There are ruins of an old farm here, too, as well as an old disused kiln hiding behind ferns and nettles.

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3.97 km

View from Cuckoo Hill

Highlight • Viewpoint

The views from Cuckoo Hill (425m) south towards both Reeth and Grinton are extraordinary: the views over Swaledale from just under Fremington Edge are so extensive that a person seems to grow somehow inside...

There is an old barn here in the field that somehow makes the view from up here practically postcard-like. Definitely worth taking a break here to take it all in.

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5.43 km

End point

Parking

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