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Embsay

Type: Two Boots
Route Length: 1-2 miles

Near the market town of Skipton, on the outskirts of the village of Embsay this short circular walk around the Embsay Moor Reservoir gives wide views over the surrounding fields and moorland edge including Embsay Crag. The walk is 1 mile long.

Location
Embsay Moor, 1 mile north of Skipton, North Yorkshire

Access
Access to the reservoir is via Pasture Road from the village of Embsay. This is the only road to the reservoir out of the village and it's narrow, so be careful. From the village square (Elm Tree Square) turn off Main Street and onto Pasture Road by the Elm Tree Pub. Follow the road uphill into our car park at the reservoir (approximately 1 mile from the village).

Facilities

Route

From the car park 1 walk along the reservoir embankment to the stile on the left at the far end. Cross the stile and continue along the path keeping the dry stone wall on your right, over a stile in a fence to the footbridge at point 2.

Cross the footbridge and keeping the ruined building on the right, follow the path over a boardwalk across a wet section. Continue over some smaller footbridges to one of the stone stiles through the wall at point 3.

Cross over one of the stiles and turn left onto the unmade road, continuing past the boat house to the car park at point 1.

OS Map: Explorer map OL2

For more information about other Yorkshire Water walks or activities visit
yorkshirewater.com/recreation

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Only available in Yorkshire.

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