W1: Arkengarthdale And The Heggs Castle Re-Naturing Project Discovery Walk

Leave Station car park 9.30am. Start at parking opposite Reeth School DL11 6SP (GR: SE 034 992, What3Words: ///inert.holidays.roadblock) at 10.00am. 8 Miles. Moderate. £7

This is a rare opportunity to take part in a guided tour led by of the one of the landowners of the Heggs Castle re-naturing project. The project is a 200-acre collaborative scheme by 3 landowners to increase biodiversity and to develop a natural method of flood management (https://heggscastlecluster.org [https://heggscastlecluster.org/]). Starting from Reeth the walk will follow an old bridleway up the beautiful valley of Arkengarthdale to Heggs Farm to begin the tour. Afterwards the route continues north, crossing the beck to the largely lost hamlet of Arkle Town, before turning back to a steady climb up Calver Hill (487m) to enjoy the views of the Swale and Arkle valleys. It is then a short way back down to the start of the walk.