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Birkdale Tarn and How Edge Scar loop from Ash Gill — Yorkshire Dales National Park

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Birkdale Tarn and How Edge Scar loop from Ash Gill — Yorkshire Dales National Park

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Birkdale Tarn and How Edge Scar loop from Ash Gill — Yorkshire Dales National Park

02:45

9.92km

180m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 12, 2024

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.19 km

Birkdale Tarn

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is quite a large tarn above Birk Dale, and near a road, but for some reason apparently not visited so often. For a third-largest body of water in the …

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3.98 km

Ravenseat Farm and Whitsundale Beck Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Ravenseat and its farm are both a lovely place to walk past or perhaps stop near at. (Please note that as the farm is no longer open to the public, …

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5.04 km

View of Whitsundale Beck Gorge from How Edge Scar

Highlight • Gorge

Absolutely extraordinary views to be had from just under How Edge Scar - of this Whitsundale Beck gorge. The extensive views (Swaledale, Whitsun Dale, Mallerstand... you name it) from high above here are incredible, too. An unmissable one, this!

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7.89 km

High Bridge and River Swale Waterfalls

Highlight • Waterfall

High Bridge carries the B6270 traffic over the River Swale and is a very picturesque stone bridge with the beautiful hills to the north and east beyond it for background. …

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9.92 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.39 km

2.47 km

1.83 km

1.02 km

207 m

Surfaces

4.20 km

2.49 km

2.10 km

617 m

524 m

Elevation

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (340 m)

Weather

Sunday 31 May

15°C

10°C

96 %

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Birkdale Tarn and How Edge Scar loop from Ash Gill — Yorkshire Dales National Park

Birkdale Tarn

Ravenseat Farm and Whitsundale Beck Bridge

View of Whitsundale Beck Gorge from How Edge Scar

High Bridge and River Swale Waterfalls

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