We are the Take a Hike Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
Lucy B.
Meet at Lofthouse carpark at 10.15, to start walking at 10.30. We will head out of Lofthouse along Thrope Lane/Nidderdale way following the river, we then head up a steep section onto Dale Edge where we can stop for a break to take in the views. We carry on ontop on a good flat section, where soon we get views of Scar house and Angram reservoirs. We soon decend down a steepish section then we will cross the Scar House dam and stop for lunch. We then rejoin the Nidderdale way climbing back up again and walking down towards the village of Middlesmoor, we can stop at the benches to take in views before decending back down to Lofthouse.
Good paths, some stoney, some stiles. There is two steep sections, some walking on open moorland and one short section where there may be alot of ferns and bracken, so you may consider wearing long trousers.
Drinks at The Crown Lofthouse afterwards.
Toliets in Lofthouse at start.
Lofthouse carpark, (free) just by the Memorial Hall. Limited parking, however there is some on street carparking as you drive into Lofthouse.
