W3: Great Shunner Fell, the Buttertubs and Lovely Seat - NEW
Leave Station car park at 9.00am. Start at Hardraw Village (GR: SD 867 912, What3Words: ///seatbelt.crackling.search ) at 10am. 13 Miles, 2,064’ of climb. Hard. £7.
Iconic Great Shunner Fell stands at 716 metres above Wensleydale and Swaledale. We use the Pennine Way all the way up from Hardraw and admire the views opening up behind us. A short descent takes us to Little Shunner Fell – just a rise in the landscape. We descend down the old Coal Miners’ track and a short walk down the road leads us to the spectacular Buttertubs. From here we make the short sharp ascent to Lovely Seat. After posing for photos on the seat we descend back to the road and on to Hardraw with its famous waterfall.
W4: The Ripon Sanctuary Way - NEW
Leave Station car park 9.00am. Start at West Door Ripon Cathedral HG4 1QT (GR: SE 314 711, What3Words: ///procured.shams.universally) at 10.00am. 11 Miles. Moderate. £7
In 937AD King Athelstan granted the right of overnight Sanctuary in Ripon, both in the Cathedral but also within a boundary marked by 8 boundary crosses. The next day justice was administered by the church authorities. This walk recreates the 8 boundary markers with interpretation boards and a route to link them, covering riverside and countryside paths and some walking through urban Ripon. As we go round the route we will learn more about the origins of Sanctuary, alongside an enjoyable circumnavigation of this historic City. Although deemed moderate because of its length this walk is mostly over easy ground, although it might be muddy in places.
W5: The Former Chapels of Arkengarthdale
Leave Station car park 9.15am. Start at Langthwaite Car Park (GR: NZ 005 023, What3Words: ///ticket.until.yummy) at 10.00am. 6 Miles. Easy. £7
Following an early sell out in 2024, we are pleased to include this walk in 2025. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Arkengarthdale was an internationally significant lead-producing area. Alongside the industry, nonconformist religion flourished, and seeking out the (now redundant) chapels of the time gives an agreeable focus to this easy walk through a remote and peaceful corner of the Dales. Expect historical snippets and wonderful views. We finish with a visit to the deserted churchyard of Arkle Town before our return to Langthwaite.
E5: Platform Pop-Up: Brilliant Books – Free Entry
The Station, Richmond, DL10 4LD | 10.00am to 4.00pm | Café, bookstall, disabled access
Come and browses a variety of new, second-hand, antiquarian and collectable books from expert sellers on The Station platform - along with The Station’s regular ‘Lost and Found’ book stall. Heaven for book worms and collectors!
T1: Richmond’s Wynds and Lanes
Meet outside the Town Hall at 2.15pm. Free but donations to Richmondshire Museum most welcome.
This walk explores Richmond’s Wynds and Lanes offering big views, intriguing nooks, secret places and a chance to hear of the people who lived in them. The walk is mostly on pavements but also has some steep slopes and steps.
E6: In Our Nature - Amy-Jane Beer
Richmond Town Hall, DL10 4QL| 4.00pm | £10 | Refreshments, bookstall, disabled access
The Yorkshire-based author, naturalist, activist, Guardian Country Diarist and President of Friends of the Dales, Amy-Jane Beer will discuss her Wainwright Prize winning book about rivers and wild spaces, The Flow, and her work with the Right to Roam campaign and the importance of public access to local green space as the first crucial step in healing our broken relationship with the natural world and rebuilding a culture of care for nature and also for each other.
Amy will be in conversation with Tim Frenneaux of Adventurous Ink.
E7: Save Me from the Waves - Jessica Hepburn
Richmond Town Hall, DL10 4QL| 7.30pm | £10 | Refreshments, bookstall, disabled access
Jessica Hepburn will tell the inspiring story of how she went from being an ‘arty’ unlikely athlete to a record-breaking adventurer, transforming her life in the process. Her new book, Save Me from the Waves, charts her journey to become the first woman in the world to swim the English Channel, run the London Marathon and summit Mount Everest fuelled by listening to every episode of her favourite radio programme - Desert Island Discs. Join us to hear her amazing story, and discover which books saved her through the waves of life. Jessica is the former CEO of the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and also author of The Pursuit of Motherhood and 21 Miles.