Circular walk guide to Round Hill and Beamsley Beacon
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 17:08 · Archive
A circular walk from Ilkley takes in Round Hill and Beamsley Beacon with grassy ridge views across the moors.
A circular walk from Ilkley provides an unusual perspective on Beamsley Beacon and takes in Round Hill across moorland with wide-ranging views. Walkers should park to the north of the River Wharfe at Ilkley near Myddleton Grange, a Grade I religious retreat.
From there, the steepest climbing of the day comes up Hardings Lane. A wide track continues north over a stile, passing through a gate after half a mile, and carries on for a further half mile still heading north. March Ghyll Reservoir, one of the smaller reservoirs in the region, is visible to the right.
At a stile, walkers leave the main track and head north east alongside a wall for 100 metres. A path then leads north to Round Hill, passing shooting butts and a small wooden hut in a stream bed. The path climbs gradual slopes for a further mile. The highest point at Round Hill lies just beyond a barbed wire fence, with no cairn visible.
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- Round Hill and Beamsley Beacon on circular walkApproaching Beamsley Beacon from Ilkley offers an unusual perspective to a highly-enjoyable grassy ridge with its wide-ranging viewsWharfedale Observer · 21 Oct, 16:25
- Round Hill and Beamsley Beacon on circular walkApproaching Beamsley Beacon from Ilkley offers an unusual perspective to a highly-enjoyable grassy ridge with its wide-ranging viewsKeighley News · 21 Oct, 16:25
In this story: Ilkley · Beamsley Beacon · Round Hill · River Wharfe · Myddleton Grange · March Ghyll Reservoir
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