[1] From the market square in Reeth.
(A) The market town of Reeth has a wide variety of pubs, cafes, hotels, a museum (closed in the winter) and an information centre. Parking is in the market square (honesty box) or around the green. However it busy in the holiday season and market day is Friday so try to avoid this day.
Go to the top of the town and turn left, sign posted Gunnerside and follow road uphill passing the first footpath sign on the right and on to the next just short of the school. Go up some steps onto a walled path and then through gate and cross narrow field and across stile into field. Go diagonally left and through large gap in wall, and continue till a gate is reached on the right. Go through the gate onto a green lane and turn left, pass between gates on right and left then follow up hill to a gate onto the open moor.
(B) A fine view of Calver, locally Calva, in front and Fremington edge behind and left.
[2] Go straight ahead on a grassy track with wall on the left, at end of wall continue straight ahead, past a cairn on the left until a junction is reached with a track coming in from the right. Go left and follow with a wall coming in on the left.
(C) Where the wall turns left there are good views of Swaledale and the River Swale on the left.
Continue on the track and a 3 way finger post is reached on the right. Go straight ahead descending past a house on the right and swinging left down a steeper concreted track to a track running from left to right is met at Thirns.
[3] Go to the right on this track and follow to a fork with a grassy track and waymarker. Go right on this track then left at the next fork following other waymarkers and passing a Sheepfold on your left to a fork at which bear right. The track becomes a path but is clear on the ground and then becomes a track again. After passing Cleasby and Cringley Hill on the right descend to wall where a track runs from left to right and turn right. A good place for a break is Fore Gill Gate just a few hundred yards to the left on this track.
(D) The ford here was featured in the Herriot series 'All Creatures Great and Small'.
[4] If you have been to the gill for a break return to the junction and continue straight ahead. Follow track East then North East for about 2 km.keeping left on main track at junctions and descend to road. (If weather or time dictate then it is possible to turn right here and follow the road back to Reeth). Go left and descend to Arkle Town. After crossing bridge (Care, bridge narrow and on road) go right passing dead end sign and follow till the road bears left when a gated stile will be seen straight ahead. Go through the stile and across the cemetery.
(E) This is the site of the old church which was too small and rebuilt further up the dale as a 'Waterloo church'. (a church built with government funds to reinforce conformist churches in an area. The grave stones range from the early 1700s to the early 1800s.(www.dalesgenealogy.com)
Go through another stile and descend via steps and path to Arkle Beck {called a beck but more of a river}.
[5] Do not cross the footbridge but cross a stile to the right, go right and almost immediately cross a beck take care here. Follow footpath along river bank with river on the left until a stile is reached in the wall on the right. Cross stile and follow the footpath left over 4 walls at stiles, path not too clear in places, then at finger post follow left and descend to wall. Go right through gate and continue to West Raw Cross Farm. Go straight ahead and keeping the farm on your left go through a gate and bear right up the slope to cross a small beck and follow the path through several stiles to emerge onto a track from left to right. Bear right uphill on the track for a short distance and then left through gate. Follow the clear path through several small fields passing a field barn on right after which the path bears right to emerge onto the road through a gated stile. Go left onto the road and over cattle grid then follow the road back to the starting point.