Скачать или смотреть Aysgarth Falls Walk: A Family-Friendly Circular Walk in Yorkshire

🌄 This is a walk featured on my website, beginning at the car park on Church Bank beside the Aysgarth Falls Hotel. The route takes you past St Andrew’s Church and Yore Mill, crosses Yore Bridge, and visits the Upper, Middle and Lower Falls before winding through Freeholders’ Wood and St Joseph’s Wood, passing Hollins House, and looping back via the visitor centre for a delightful and scenic circular walk.
🧭 The walk is approximately 2¾ miles and typically takes about 1¼ hours, excluding breaks, with a total ascent of 101 metres. Full directions, route statistics and parking advice are included on the walk page. Links to Ordnance Survey and Outdooractive maps are provided too, offering handy features like route printing, downloading to your device, exporting the route as a GPX file, and even a 3D fly-over.
🏞️ Aysgarth Falls is a stunning series of three waterfalls carved by the River Ure over nearly a mile as it descends into mid-Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales. Designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, the falls—also known as High Force, Middle Force and Lower Force—have inspired visitors including John Ruskin, J. M. W. Turner and William Wordsworth. Dropping roughly 200 feet over limestone steps, they are particularly dramatic after heavy rain, and the surrounding area is alive with wildlife and seasonal wildflowers, with salmon sometimes seen leaping in autumn.
📸 Highlights include the first glimpse of the Upper Falls from Yore Bridge, the dramatic Middle Falls reached by a short descent, and the broad, rocky ledges of the Lower Falls—a perfect spot for a pause. The trail also winds peacefully through Freeholders’ Wood and St Joseph’s Wood, and passes points of interest such as the historic Yore Mill and St Andrew’s Church, which features a medieval rood screen from Jervaulx Abbey and one of the largest churchyards in England.
🚶‍♂️ This family-friendly walk offers easy-to-follow, well-signposted paths, woodland trails, and plenty to enjoy at every stage. Explore the full step-by-step route, maps and planning tools on my website:
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