Independent Trails: Fact File SWAW1

Swale Way

Trail Facts

Total Distance: 76 miles (122km)

Duration: 7 nights, 6 walking days

Minimum/maximum daily distances: 10 miles (16km)/16 miles (25.5km)

Season: March to October

Starting point of holiday: Boroughbridge

End of holiday: Keld

Tour code: SWAW1

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Boroughbridge

 

Day 2: Boroughbridge to Thirsk. 16 miles (25.5km)

 

Day 3: Thirsk to Morton-on-Swale. 12 miles (19km)

 

Day 4: Morton-on-Swale to Richmond. 14 miles (22.5km)

 

Day 5: Richmond to Reeth. 12 miles (19km)

 

Day 6: Reeth to Keld. 12 miles (19km)

 

Day 7: Origin of Swale circular walk. 10 miles (16km)

 

Day 8: Depart from Keld

What's included?

• 7 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns and guesthouses along the trail.
• Traditional cooked breakfast.
• Door to door luggage transfer.
• Maps and a guidebook describing the trail.
• An information pack containing an itinerary, 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 your 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 railway station (start of trail): Thirsk

Onward travel: Bus (Arriva Service 70) to Ripon (approximately 40 minutes). Bus (Harrogate Coach Travel Service 142) from Ripon to Boroughbridge (approximately 17 minutes).

Most convenient railway station (end of trail): Kirkby Stephen

End of trail to Kirkby Stephen: Taxi

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