Easy Countryside Trail: Terrington Mowthorpe Lane
19/03/2018A 2.5 mile (4km) there and back walk from the village of Terrington in North Yorkshire. This simple route allows you to experience the tranquillity and far-reaching views of this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, without venturing too far from civilisation. This walk is part of the Howardian Hills Easy Countryside Trails collection, published through a collaboration between iFootpath and the Howardian Hills AONB Partnership, with the aim of providing countryside access for all in the Howardian Hills.
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Everyone loves your blog! Just wantet to jot down something.
Really pleased you like the blog. Let me know if you enjoy the walk.
did walk 28/7/13 really good walk and great scenery,cassie my border collie enjoyed too,great walks on this site done 4 of them now and enjoyed all
Hi, thanks for your comments on this walk. Really pleased that you’ve enjoyed all the four walks that you’ve done. Hope you’re going to enjoy more in the future. Please let us know how you get on with your next ones 🙂
I tried to do this walk today got to pateley bridge up the track between the hedges right and left though the cottages and to the gate up the stone steps , then there was no tarmac track to the right of the gate and so walked right which took you down the hill to the wall and along the filed boundary bounded by other fields no tarmac path. just stone walls.
So sadly had to abandon, it looks like from this gate the path actually goes left up the hill then through the wood over a stone stile.
Really frustrated , perhaps you can adjust the instructions at this point or make the map clearer for those of us who dont download gps markers?
Hi – thank you for your feedback. I’m sorry you don’t don’t find our instructions detailed enough. I hope you and your dog find our other walks more satisfactory.
Below is point 6, which I think you are talking about? I remember doing this part of the walk and there is definitely a very easy to find and clearly visible track. We have not had any other negative feedback on these instructions, however when we are in the area again we will update any changes people may have made to the paths in the area.
Point 6
The road quickly becomes a track and heads uphill by a wire and post fence. Passing a barn conversion to the right, keep left, continuing ahead to a waymarked gate. Keep following the now narrow path uphill with hedgerows either side towards a waymarked kissing gate up some stone steps to a gap built into the wall. Pass through the gap and bear right towards a single track tarmacked road signposted to Nidderdale Way and the Industrial Heritage Trail.
Firstly, thanks very much for a very enjoyable walk that we would not have found without your help.
However, Kathryn is quite correct to say that point 6 is wrong. Indeed several ,of the detailed points are wrong. I suggest some corrections below.
What would be more help than detailed corrections would be a simple introductory statement that “the walk is roughly as described but that the detailed directions may not always be precisely correct”. We found our way around the walk simply by taking that approach, plus a bit of common sense; had we assumed that every bit of the description corresponded exactly to the reality on the ground, we would have been lost.
CORRECTIONS
“Distance 7 miles” should read “Distance 5 miles”
5) “by the Park View Stores” should read “a little before the Park View Stores”
6) “Pass through the gap and bear right towards a single track tarmacked road” should read “Pass through the gap & gate and continue along the left hand side of the field to a stile (plus gate) on the left. Over the stile bear right towards a single track tarmacked road”
8) “continue through another gate to an enclosed green lane” should read “continue through another gate, and then another to an enclosed green lane”
Thanks for your comments we will re-walk and update and publish soon. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for the walk suggestion! We started in Pateley Bridge and had no trouble following your directions. We were sad to see that the large tree off the small road (step 7 in directions) has fallen. Though the stump of the tree is still there and the dry stone wall is severely damaged, it looks like work is being done to clear the tree and probably repair the wall. For future reference, the right turn is well before the long row of trees at the top of the hill. Thanks, again, for such thorough directions! Very helpful!