The
Dog & Gun
Walk
Submitted To Cowlingweb
By: Nicky Bunting -
North Yorkshire County
Council Countryside
Ranger |
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Difficulty
rating: |
Low. OS map
South Pennines
OL 21 |
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Distance: |
Approx. 5 miles |
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Description: |
A fairly level
walk to a
popular ‘food
pub’, with
the option of a
bus back. |
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Accessible by
public
transport:
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An hourly bus
between Keighley
& Colne,
alighting at
Cock Hall,
Cowling (5 min
walk to start of
route). |
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Parking: |
Outside Holy
Trinity Church,
Gill Lane,
Cowling. Grid
Ref SD 967 430. |
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Walk map: |
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1) |
With your back
to the
churchyard, turn
right & walk up
Gill Lane. Past
the school, & a
long row of
terraced
cottages.
Continue along
the lane until
you get to a
Pennine Way
signpost on your
left. |
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2) |
Turn right
through a hand
gate signposted
‘Public
Footpath’. Walk
across the
middle of the
field, heading
towards the far
end of the tall
hedge. |
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3) |
Cross a stone
stile. Don’t
drop down the
bank, but head
straight on,
keeping the
wooded bank to
your left. |
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4) |
Approaching the
end of the
field, bear
right & down a
grassy cart
track. Through a
metal field
gate, & straight
on, along the
side of the
beck. |
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5) |
At a stone
gatepost with a
round hole in
it, turn left,
down a bank to a
footbridge. |
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6) |
Cross the
bridge, turn
right, & follow
the beck to a
large
footbridge. |
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7) |
Don’t cross the
bridge, but go
straight on,
through a
kissing gate,
into the former
parkland of Carr
Head. |
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8) |
Follow the path
along the beck
side, past the
ornate lime
kiln. |
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9) |
Continue along
the path as it
starts to climb
away from the
beck. At a
flight of old
stone steps (on
your right),
bear left,
uphill, & follow
the permissive
path to a stone
stile onto the
lane. |
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10) |
Turn right, down
the lane to
Nathan
Jennings’s
bench. |
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11) |
Turn left,
signposted
‘Public
Footpath’, down
a steep flight
of stone steps.
(If you prefer,
continue along
the lane & take
your next left). |
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12) |
Go downhill &
through a
squeeze stile to
the right of the
gate. |
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13) |
Cross the road
bridge, & turn
right at a stile
signposted
‘Public
Footpath’. |
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14) |
Go straight on,
to a stile to
the left of a
gate. |
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15) |
Go straight on,
through a wide
gap in a hedge,
then a stone
stile. |
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16) |
Cross the
footbridge, up
the steps, then
walk uphill
keeping the
hedge to your
left. |
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17) |
Cross the stone
stile in front
of you (not the
one to your
left). Go
straight on
keeping the
hedge to your
left, then
through a timber
field gate. |
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18) |
Go straight on,
keeping the
hedge to your
right. Through a
timber field
gate, then turn
right & follow
the tarmac
track. |
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19) |
Go past the next
farm on your
right. Just
before the
cattle grid,
turn right, &
follow the
permissive path
down the track
to the left of
the house.
Rejoin the
footpath, to a
stone stile in
the wall corner. |
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20) |
Go straight on
to a concrete
building. Turn
right, in the
middle of the
meadow, & walk
downhill, past
two large ash
trees on your
left. |
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21) |
Go through the
timber field
gate at the
bottom of the
meadow, then
bear left &
through a hand
gate next to a
field gate. |
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22) |
Follow the
gravel path
through the
archway at the
former corn
mill. Turn left
to join the main
rd. |
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23) |
Turn right &
follow the
pavement. Note
the
double-arched
parish boundary
stone on your
left, & the
former lodge
house for Malsis
Hall. |
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24) |
The pub is on
your left; with
the bus stop
outside if
you’ve done
enough walking.
Otherwise keep
going along the
pavement,
flanked by
mature beech,
sycamore & horse
chestnut, then
turn right at
Carr Head Lane. |
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25) |
Follow the lane
for ½ mile. Note
the carved stone
gate posts. |
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26) |
Pass a pair of
semis on your
left, & turn
left down a
lane. Cross the
road bridge,
then turn right
over a
footbridge
signposted
‘Public
Footpath’. |
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27) |
Go straight on:
the walked route
goes up the old
steps. Then turn
left, back into
the parkland at
Carr Head. |
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28) |
Retrace your
steps, along the
beck side, to
the big
footbridge
(Ridge Mill
Bridge). |
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29) |
Cross the
footbridge, bear
right, & follow
the track to
Brian Garside’s
bench. |
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30) |
Follow the track
uphill, past
Wood House,
through a hand
gate, then a
squeeze stile, &
another hand
gate to meet a
farm building. |
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31) |
Continue up the
track, & through
a hand gate at
the end, to meet
Gill Lane. |
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