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Hell Wath Nature Trail, Fountains Abbey

Loop Walk · Yorkshire

100

XP

about 17 min walking

Easy
1.42 km
Loop
00:45
Graded from its length and climb.

Wander down Hell Wath path in Ripon, along the River Skell, through woodland glade, meadows & hedgerows. Peer into ponds, scramble over woods & spot the remains of a WW1 camp in the woods too. Moderate walk along mostly flat footpaths in parkland.

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114 m

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14 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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Leisurely walk

Mostly flat, no real climbs.

Climb

0 m

Drop

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Highest

43 m

Lowest

38 m

Which way round

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.

How the 1.4 km splits

Flat

1.1 km

Climbing

0.1 km

Descending

0.2 km

Campsites near the start

Boroughbridge Camping and Caravanning Club Site

9.3 km from the start · 4.5★ (621)

Headlands Caravan Park

9.6 km from the start · 4.5★ (15)

Venus Campsite

9.7 km from the start · 4.5★ (124)

Camping spot

10.3 km from the start

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