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from Orton to Kirkby Stephen

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from Orton to Kirkby Stephen

JB of London planned a hike

January 16, 2025

from Orton to Kirkby Stephen

Hard

06:44

20.5km

3.0km/h

290m

350m

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Overview

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Yorkshire Dales National Park

Most people would complete this in 2-3 days

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Waypoints

George Hotel, Orton

Highlight • Pub

82 m

Orton Scar Café

Highlight • Cafe

Orton Scar cafe is one of the few places in the area where you can eat / drink. Not expensive yet tasty.

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2.19 km

Gamelands Stone Circle

Highlight • Historical Site

You can only acces the stones with permission

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3.70 km

Bus stop

5.49 km

View from Orton Fells

Highlight • Viewpoint

10.2 km

View of Newbiggin-on-Lune

Highlight • Viewpoint

11.2 km

View of Bents Farm and Weathered Bedrock

Highlight • Viewpoint

Walking past Bents Farm here, just below the nearby Great Ewe Fell, offers long views east towards Smardale and fantastic contours of hills to the south (Ravenstonedale).

You will pass …

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13.4 km

View of Mardale Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

13.6 km

Smardale Bridge

Highlight • Natural Monument

A beautiful and Grade-II listed stone bridge over Scandal Beck. The track running over it is almost completely grassy, adding to its charm. Worth stopping here for a bit of peace and calm.

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13.8 km

View of the Smardale Viaduct

Highlight • Viewpoint

You won't usually see many people, even on a public holiday in the sunshine. Just a marvellous spot with a very technical climb - just watch out for the hawthorn trees!

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14.9 km

Smardale Fell

Highlight • Summit

It's a comfortable run over Smardale Fell (the general area up here is all Smardale Fell) - grassy, quite gentle uphill and typically easy underfoot. You will get more quiet …

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17.6 km

Waitby Intake Stone Archway

Highlight • Historical Site

This structure allows easy crossing the railway line - underneath it.

Additionally, in this spot (just to the east of the crossing), which is called Waitby Intake, there were two …

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19.6 km

Kirkby Stephen

Highlight • Settlement

20.5 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.30 km

4.28 km

2.77 km

2.37 km

1.54 km

278 m

Surfaces

6.66 km

5.50 km

4.54 km

1.92 km

1.76 km

172 m

Route Details

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Highest point (340 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

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from Orton to Kirkby Stephen

George Hotel, Orton

Orton Scar Café

Gamelands Stone Circle

View from Orton Fells

View of Newbiggin-on-Lune

View of Bents Farm and Weathered Bedrock

View of Mardale Bridge

Smardale Bridge

View of the Smardale Viaduct

Smardale Fell

Waitby Intake Stone Archway

Kirkby Stephen

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