c. 8.6 miles Pateley Bridge to Brigham Rocks via The Nidd

The walk will start from the long stay car park on Nidd Walk – next to Wildings Cafe at 9:00am. It costs £2.20 for over 4 hours. I’ve attached a map to show the location of the car park. You can pay by cash, card or by phone. There were some issues one time I was there, so don’t rely on just one of these methods. There are toilets in the car park over the road near the start of the walk, but I’d appreciate it if you could use them before we set off at 9:00.

We will be eating at Wildings café, next to where we are leaving the cars.  Some of the specials they do are very nice and they are going to let me know what they’ll be next week. If you’re happy to order now from the main lunch menu, please go ahead and let me know. I’m going to wait to see what the specials are! I’ve booked for 1:15pm https://wildingsriversidecafe.co.uk/menu/#LunchMenu

We leave the car park and head up the main street which bends round to the right at the top. We keep going along the street a bit further until we see the footpath sign on our left. The climbing continues up the steps and then on a well-defined path. We meet small lanes and wiggle up little paths between houses. We join the Nidderdale Way at times. You may recognise some of the paths on this walk from The Brimham Rocks walk and a walk I do from Dacre Banks. There’s the odd bit of crossing little becks, so you might find a pole useful. We eventually reach Brimham Rocks and the food stall there, plus there are toilets here. We will stop for a short break (10 minutes max) where you can drink your own drinks and eat your own snack. 

The descent starts after this, and we pick up paths some of you will know. We pass through Smelthouses on our way down to the Nidd and then walk back to Pateley by the river, through Glasshouses.  

We may encounter some muddy stretches on this walk, if we have any rain between now and then. There’s a variety of stiles and we may encounter livestock in the fields.