Starting point: Small car park at Barden Bridge.
Description: An easy to follow walk alongside the River Wharfe.
The walk: Leave the car park and go through the hand gate onto the path. Follow this path for about 3 miles. Don't cross the bridge to the pavilion.
After crossing a stream by either a ford or footbridge walk up a lane for a few yards and go through the gate on the right. On meeting a choice of 2 footpaths take the one on your left rising.
Follow the path to descend to the bridge at Bolton Abbey. Cross the river by either the bridge or stepping stones.
To visit the pub take the path up to the right of the ruins to the road. Turn left and follow the road for about half a mile to the Devonshire Arms. Return along the road and follow the signs for the ruins, passing the tea rooms.
Take the path down to the bridge and cross. This time take the lower path which eventually reaches the path you previously came along. Continue until you cross the bridge to the pavilion.
Turn right and follow the river upstream all the way back to Barden Bridge, passing The Strid on the way, to the finish.
The pub: The Devonshire Arms. More of a bistro but a nice seating area at the back. Black Sheep Bitter and two Copper Dragon ales on the bar. I went for the Black Sheep.
Barden Bridge. The current bridge was built in
1659, to replace an earlier crossing that served
nearby Barden Tower.
Barden Aqueduct, constructed in the 1850s as
part of a complex engineering project to supply
water to the rapidly expanding city of Bradford.
A good resting place on the way out to Bolton Abbey.
The ruins of Bolton Abbey
The Devonshire Arms
The Strid
The River Wharfe
Bridge and Stepping Stones at Bolton Abbey.
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