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Great And Little Preston

View from Caroline Bridge – RSPB St Aidan's Nature Reserve loop from Great and Little Preston

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Yorkshire And The Humber

Leeds

Great And Little Preston

View from Caroline Bridge – RSPB St Aidan's Nature Reserve loop from Great and Little Preston

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View from Caroline Bridge – RSPB St Aidan's Nature Reserve loop from Great and Little Preston

01:16

4.98km

20m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 17, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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20 m

BE1150 Dragline Memorial

Highlight • Monument

Note to self; Wear wellies and not walking boots in winter.

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71 m

Bench With View of the Lake

Highlight • Viewpoint

Something that doesn't belong. Near the sign by the pedestrian gate...

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1.52 km

View of the Main Lake

Highlight • Viewpoint

2.31 km

Shan House Bridge Over the River Aire

Highlight • River

The River Aire is 71 miles (114 km) long and rises at Aire Head near Malham, and it joins the River Ouse at Airmyn. This is the footbridge that crosses …

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3.55 km

River Aire at St Aidan's RSPB Reserve

Highlight • Natural

Great view of a old mine head

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3.56 km

View from Caroline Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

The RSPB site is the main draw but a bonus is the awesome relic of this former opencast coal mine which is the behemoth Walking Dragline Excavator parked by the …

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4.50 km

RSPB St Aidan's Nature Reserve

Highlight • Trail

also a nice place to get a tea or coffee

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4.98 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.01 km

1.31 km

411 m

228 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.31 km

1.13 km

994 m

411 m

131 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 21 May

24°C

13°C

19 %

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View from Caroline Bridge – RSPB St Aidan's Nature Reserve loop from Great and Little Preston

BE1150 Dragline Memorial

Bench With View of the Lake

View of the Main Lake

Shan House Bridge Over the River Aire

River Aire at St Aidan's RSPB Reserve

View from Caroline Bridge

RSPB St Aidan's Nature Reserve

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