Independent Trails: Fact File.NIDDW

Yorkshire Dales ~ The Nidderdale Way

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Trail Facts

Total distance: 53 miles (85km)
Duration: 5 nights, 4 days walking
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 10 ½ miles (17km)/14 ½ miles (23km)
Waymarking: The trail is very clearly waymarked and is easy to follow.
Season: All year
Starting point of holiday: Pately Bridge
End of holiday: Pately Bridge
Code: NIDDW

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Pately Bridge where your first night's accommodation has been booked.

Day 2: Pately Bridge to Middlesmoor. 14 ½ miles (23km)

Day 3: Middlesmoor to Bewerley. 10 ½ miles (17km)

Day 4: Bewerley to Ripley. 14 miles (22.5km)

Day 5: Ripley to Pately Bridge. 14 miles (22.5km)

Day 6: A chance to explore Pately Bridge before departure.

Extra nights/rest days

Pately Bridge is a lively little town with a handful of shops and a terrific little museum of dale life with a re-created village shop, office and house interior to look around. If you fancy somewhere peaceful, consider the pretty little village of Middlesmoor at the head of the dale. Ripley is a good choice if you would like to visit Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden. This remarkable World Heritage Site comprises a spectacular ruined abbey, a magnificent Elizabethan mansion and one of the finest Georgian water gardens in Europe.

What's included?

• 5 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns, and guesthouses.
• Traditional English breakfast
• Door to door luggage transfer along the trail.
• A set of maps with the route marked on and a guidebook to the trail.
• An information pack containing an itinerary, detailed instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, town plans, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
• Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it.
• Emergency assistance

Travel Information

Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is given below.
Most convenient major city and International airport: Manchester Airport. Train to Harrogate (2 hours 30 minutes) then bus to Pately Bridge (50 minutes).
Outward journey from London to Pately Bridge: Train from London Kings Cross to Harrogate (about 4 hours) then bus to Pately Bridge (50 minutes).
Return journey to London at the end of the holiday: Bus from Pately Bridge to Harrogate (50 minutes), then train to London Kings Cross (approximately 3 hours).

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