The Lost Spa Trail at Fountains Abbey
Loop Walk · Yorkshire
300
XP
about 2 h 27 min walking
Enjoy a walk along the tranquil banks of the River Skell and into the site of a former spa. Return through the pretty village of Aldfield, the deer.
284 m
145 m
5 m
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.
Climb
127 m
Drop
130 m
Highest
144 m
Lowest
52 m
Which way round
Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.
No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.
Main climb: km 0.4–1.6, from 66 m to 118 m.
How the 11.2 km splits
Flat
4.4 km
Climbing
3.4 km
Descending
3.4 km
Link it with other walks
Aislabie Walk
Shares 5.0 km of path · meets at km 0.9, 1.4, 2.3…28.68 km
Studley Park, Water Gardens and Fountains Abbey Walk
Shares 3.7 km of path · meets at km 0.9, 7.76.03 km
Fountains Abbey Estate Boundary Walk
Shares 3.2 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 7.7, 9.59 km
Fountains Abbey Ancient Trees Walk
Shares 1.9 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 0.9, 7.74.07 km
Walk through the centuries at Fountains Abbey
Shares 1.8 km of path · meets at km 0.9, 7.4, 8.03.86 km
Skell Valley Explorer, Fountains Abbey
Shares 1.4 km of path · meets at km 3.715.31 km
Studley Royal Deer Park Walk, Fountains Abbey
Shares 1.2 km of path · meets at km 0.3, 7.54.15 km
Monks' Walk from Brimham Rocks to Fountains Abbey
Shares 0.7 km of path · meets at km 3.012.34 km