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Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

View of Richmond Castle – Whitcliffe Wood loop from Richmond

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Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

View of Richmond Castle – Whitcliffe Wood loop from Richmond

Moderate

4.0

(4)

45

hikers

View of Richmond Castle – Whitcliffe Wood loop from Richmond

03:05

10.9km

230m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

Tips

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Yorkshire Dales National Park

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

1

283 m

Goodburn House

Highlight • Historical Site

Built around 1760 on the site of two pre-existing burglary plots, the house was the home of Leonard Raw, a Quaker lead mine owner from Swaledale. The style is a …

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2

290 m

St Joseph and St Francis Xavier Church

Highlight • Religious Site

The church dates from 1868. It can be regarded as a prestige project of the then pastor, Father William Strickland: once finished, everyone was amazed by the beauty, but also …

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3

1.36 km

View of Richmond Castle

Highlight • Viewpoint

4

2.16 km

View of Richmond

Highlight • Viewpoint

There is a sign on the bench with a quote from Alfred Wainwright, in which he speaks highly of the city of Richmond.
As a Coast to Coast walker you …

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5

4.09 km

Willance's Leap Monument

Highlight • Monument

Willance's Leap is above Whitcliffe Scar. In 1606, a horseman named Robert Willance plunged over the cliff edge in a mist. Willance's horse was killed by the fall, but he …

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6

7.24 km

Whitcliffe Wood

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

In this wood, Robert Willance, a notable of Richmond, on a horseback hunt in 1606, chased by the descending fog, is said to have urged his horse to bring him …

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10.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.20 km

4.17 km

738 m

727 m

104 m

Surfaces

4.31 km

3.71 km

1.98 km

684 m

265 m

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Lowest point (140 m)

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