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463 Dacre Banks Map and Directions

Written by the Wanderlust Team

Friday, 30 November 2007

Reproduced from Nidderdale Explorer^® 1:25 000 by permission of Ordnance Survey^® on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. ^©Crown copyright 2004. All rights reserved. Licence number 100047589
Directions

When in doubt look at the map. Check your position at each point. Keep straight on unless otherwise directed.
01.
Downhill through village from Royal Oak Inn towards Summerbridge, left to Cabin Lane, left to Grange Lane, through farmyard, up concrete ramp, immediately small gate on left on ramp (waymark) and right (wall to right), fieldgate, snickelgate, right on drive for 20 yards, left across grass and scramble up 20 foot bank to waymark on telegraph pole.
02.
Through farmyard between barns, track out (usage route), 150 yards, swing right on track (arrow) up to second of 2 fieldgates on left (‘arrow’).
03.
Field-edge (wall to left), gateway (waymark), stile in fence 25 yards to right of corner and immediately right 50 yards to wall stile, angle up left, 10 o’clock, to stone stile by fieldgate.
04.
Left to track (fingerpost), right at crossroads, between houses to field-edge route, some stone slabs, fieldgate, fieldgate, gate, ladderstile/fieldgate then 1 o’clock to right of farmyard, stile (waymark).
05.
Cross track, wall stile, left 20 yards, right to road, 30 yards, track on right (fingerpost), cattlegrid/fieldgate.
06.
Fieldgate to moorland track (fingerpost).
07.
At mast, ladderstile/fieldgate on right and straight down on path, fork right on path to return to wall after about 200 yards, fieldgate in wire fence, 20 yards and right to continue down by wall.
08.
Where wall to your right turns right, sight 1 o’clock across little valley and get there on grass track which curves. Find 2 adjacent fieldgates up bank.
09.
Right-hand of the 2 fieldgates, the one next to wall with wire fence beside it (no signs), 11 o’clock down grassy gully, fieldgate to track, cattlegrid/fieldgate, into farmyard for 20 yards.
10.
Right to track.
11.
At right-hand bend go straight on to grassy track and fieldgate, through field then good track.