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Simon's Seat and Rocking Hall loop from Thruscross Reservoir Car Park — Nidderdale

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Simon's Seat and Rocking Hall loop from Thruscross Reservoir Car Park — Nidderdale

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Simon's Seat and Rocking Hall loop from Thruscross Reservoir Car Park — Nidderdale

05:53

21.4km

360m

Hiking

Embark on a challenging yet rewarding hike through the varied landscapes of Nidderdale with the Simon's Seat and Rocking Hall loop. This difficult 13.3-mile (21.4 km) route, featuring an elevation gain of 1188 feet (362 metres), guides you through woodland paths, open moorland, and serene reservoir shores. Expect rocky tracks…

Last updated: April 23, 2026

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Nidderdale AONB

Yorkshire Dales National Park

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Parking

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509 m

Thruscross Reservoir

Highlight • Viewpoint

When the mist is low and a chill creeps on the wind, Thruscross Reservoir can be a particularly ghostly place to be. This is possibly due to the condemned village …

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1.47 km

Ruins of West End Village at Thruscross Reservoir

Highlight • Settlement

It is very odd to think that an entire village once existed here, but that's what you're looking at here. The entire village of West End. Cloggers Lane dropped here …

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9.54 km

Simon's Seat

Highlight • Summit

Dogs are not permitted on this route.

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13.8 km

Shooting Hut, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Highlight • Mountain Hut

An unusual stone hut (with only 3 walls) and a heather roof. This is, as the name of it suggests, used for shooting (so not yourself, in all likelihood), but …

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16.4 km

Rocking Hall and Rocking Stone

Highlight • Structure

Two isolated buildings on the moorland here with a huge boulder in between them. One is a shooting house for the Devonshire estate; the other is probably for storage.

This …

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21.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.1 km

2.76 km

2.37 km

112 m

Surfaces

8.76 km

3.03 km

2.85 km

2.47 km

2.34 km

1.31 km

Elevation

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Highest point (470 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

Weather

Saturday 30 May

18°C

12°C

33 %

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Simon's Seat and Rocking Hall loop from Thruscross Reservoir Car Park — Nidderdale

Thruscross Reservoir

Ruins of West End Village at Thruscross Reservoir

Simon's Seat

Shooting Hut, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Rocking Hall and Rocking Stone

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