W23: Sustainable Arkengarthdale Discovery Walk
The Station Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4LD
Saturday 26th September 2026
Leave Station car park 9.15am. Start at parking opposite CB Inn, Langthwaite DL11 6EN (GR: NY 999 031, What3Words: ///push.prom.swarm) at 10.00am. 8.5 miles. Moderate. £7
We will visit some of the many sites in Arkengarthdale where volunteers from the Sustainable Swaledale Group have carried out work to increase biodiversity, and to develop a natural method of flood management. We will be accompanied by Rob Macdonald from the Group, with opportunities to ask questions about our own gardens/land and about the work of the Group. From our start we follow the valley down to Heggs Farm where Liz Sutcliffe will provide a guided tour of the Heggs-Castle renaturing project (https://heggscastlecluster.org). After the tour there is a steady climb up to Low Moor, providing a bird’s eye view of the area covered by some of the projects, before turning downhill to Eskeleth Bridge and a final section north along the valley.
Supported by both Sustainable Swaledale & The Heggs-Castle Renaturing Project
We will visit some of the many sites in Arkengarthdale where volunteers from the Sustainable Swaledale Group have carried out work to increase biodiversity, and to develop a natural method of flood management. We will be accompanied by Rob Macdonald from the Group, with opportunities to ask questions about our own gardens/land and about the work of the Group. From our start we follow the valley down to Heggs Farm where Liz Sutcliffe will provide a guided tour of the Heggs-Castle renaturing project (https://heggscastlecluster.org). After the tour there is a steady climb up to Low Moor, providing a bird’s eye view of the area covered by some of the projects, before turning downhill to Eskeleth Bridge and a final section north along the valley.
Supported by both Sustainable Swaledale & The Heggs-Castle Renaturing Project
