The Harrogate Group of the Ramblers Association

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To contact the Harrogate Group Chairman, email Delia Wells Or to contact the webmaster and Footpath Secretary, email Andrew Willoughby

The Rambler's Association is Britain's biggest organisation working for walkers. A registered charity with 139,000 members across the UK, we've been looking after Britain's footpaths and defending its beautiful countryside for more than 65 years. The Association is a democratic, voluntary organisation, registered as a charity (no. 1093577) and as a company limited by guarantee (registered in England and Wales, no. 4458492).

To join the ramblers... http://www.ramblers.org.uk/membership/categories_rates.html

Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK.

The Harrogate Group organise a walk each
Saturday of around ten miles, usually starting at 9am.

There is also a small team of volunteers
working to repair footpaths on most Wednesdays.

Next Saturday our walk is ...

SATURDAY

10th MAY

Hartwith Heritage Walk

8 miles

Maureen Smith 01904 631785

Meet at 9.00am at Trinity Road, Harrogate and drive to Brimham Rocks.

Our next shorter walk is ...

Thursday May 29th 2008,

The Nidd

5/6miles

Andrew Willoughby 01423 866987

Meet at The Yorkshire Lass, Knaresborough at 10am. SE 345571

Phone the leader if you need further information

Scroll down the page for the list of walks

Click here for reports of recent walks.

NEW WALKS BOOK

The Ramblers Association West Riding Area have just published a new book of walks "Country Walks Around Harrogate volume 1" by Douglas Cossar. This has details of twenty walks to the east of Harrogate with distances from 3 to 9 miles. Priced at just £4.99 the book is available from local book shops and Tourist Information centres.

click here for more information

To contact the Harrogate Group Chairman, email Delia Wells

Or to contact the webmaster and Footpath Secretary, email Andrew Willoughby

The Harrogate Group secretary is Mrs Clare Sandercock.

The Harrogate Group is part of the West Riding Area.

The Harrogate Group was formed in 1969. We cover Nidderdale from Great Whernside to Green Hammerton, extending northward to Burton Leonard and south to North Rigton. This area includes 62 parishes and 550 miles of footpaths and bridleways. Our area includes much of the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). We check planning applications and extinguishment or diversion proposals.

Reporting path problems. The footpath staff at NYCC have been re-organised again and if you want to contact them you should send all letters and emails to Northallerton. The Fulford and Skipton offices will close and everything is to be controlled centrally. There are now only three Public Right of Way officers, but they have a team leader and nine rangers. This system could work well.

Problems should be reported to NYCC by emailing paths@northyorks.gov
Problems in the Harrogate and Knaresborough area should be emailed to Judy.Smith@harrogate.gov.uk

And all problems can be reported to the Ramblers Association Harrogate Group by emailing and@willouby.demon.co.uk

18th August 2007.

Members of our Group enjoying a brief rest on Roseberry Topping.

Roseberry Topping. Newton-under-Roseberry, North Yorkshire.

A spur of the Cleveland Way National Trail runs up to the summit.

Building a bridge on the Hampsthwaite Felliscliffe border.

Volunteers are always welcome to help with our working party, repairing footpaths! Can you help? We meet on Wednesdays most weeks within a few miles of Harrogate and enjoy a day in the countryside.Ring Andrew on 01423 866987. Click here for dates.

We monitor the growth of crops obstructing footpaths throughout our area, and we report problems to North Yorkshire County Council. Whilst not all problems have been solved, we are seeing improvements and are very grateful to NYCC staff for this.

Harrogate Group AGM 2007

At the Harrogate AGM our chairman for the last thirty years, Mr. Peter Goldsmith, retired from the post. Our new chair is Delia Wells. To contact Delia click here.

Harrogate to Ripley Bridleway

A new route is proposed over the old Bilton Viaduct and on the line of the old railway, for walkers, cyclists, horseriders and the disabled. The route is one of 79 schemes throughout the UK which Sustrans have just been awarded a Big Lottery grant of £50 million.

Freedom to Roam Guides

There are four Freedom to Roam Guides covering the new access areas in The North of England. The series editor, Andrew Bibby, was responsible for writing two of the guides, one covering Wharfedale and Nidderdale the other concerned with Wensleydale and Swaledale.

Harrogate Group, Future Walks 2008

Newcomers are welcome to sample a few walks with us before they formally join the Ramblers Association.

We generally have a break, so please bring food and drink.

Check with the leader in advance if you want to bring a dog, which must be kept on a lead at all times.

SATURDAY 10 MAY
09.00am Maureen Smith ( 01904 631785 8 miles
(TMC) Hartwith Heritage Walk, parking at Brimham Rocks.

SATURDAY 17 MAY – LLANGOLLEN -WALES
08.00am Peter and Delia Wells ( 01423 886186
(TMC) Walk part of the Offas Dyke path to the town (9 miles) or take a circular
walk to Valle Crucis Abbey and Castell Dinas (6 miles) or enjoy your own visits perhaps to Plas Newydd, the steam railway or the Pontcysylite Viaduct.
Harrogate 08.00
Order your tickets in advance from Catherine Siklos

SATURDAY 24 MAY
Peter Goldsmith ( 01423 525194 8.5 miles
Catch the 09.40am Service 36 bus to Spacey Houses or the 09.44am train to Pannal for a 10.00am start from The Station forecourt. Climb along Horn Bank to Almscliffe Crag and return via Briscoerigg and the Crimple Valley.

THURSDAY 29 MAY 5-6 miles
Andrew Willoughby ( 01423 866987
Meet Andrew outside The Yorkshire Lass PH, Knaresborough, SE 345571 at 10.00am

SATURDAY 31 MAY
09.00am Liz Snow ( 01423 560742 8.5 miles
(TMC) Meet 09.30 at Riverside (Nidd Walk) CP Pateley Bridge SE 158656 for a walk taking in Heathfield and Ashfold Side.

Coach Rambles 2008

To book seats on coach rambles phone Catherine Siklos on 01423 540696

In 2008 the dates for Coach Rambles will be..........

17th May, Llangollen. 9 or 6 miles. Peter & Delia Wells 01423 886186

14th June, Coniston. 7 miles. Len & Heather Jemison 01423880774 Peter and Susan McGinnes 01423 867583

12th July, Dovedale. 12 miles Keith Wadd 01423 872268 ......8/9 mil8/9 miles....Rodney Waddilove 01423 569671

13th September, Scarborough. Clare Sandercock 01937 584133

Click here for reports of recent walks.

Promoted Walks
We have three leaflets available to guide you on the following three walks. Guides cost 30p each, send payment and an SAE to... 20 Pannal Ash Grove, Harrogate HG2 0HZ.

On completion of each walk a cloth badge can be purchased for £1.50 from the same address..

Harrogate Dalesway
20 miles from Valley Gardens, Harrogate to Bolton Abbey.

Harrogate Ringway
21 mile circular trail around this spa town, starting from Pannal via Knaresborough in easy stages with public transport connections.

Knaresborough Round
20 mile circular walk around this ancient town, in 2 stages with bus connections.

RA 70th Anniversary Walk in the Washburn Valley, 2005

On Saturday 24th September we had an excellent turnout of 22 walkers who enjoyed uninterupted sunshine throughout the 9 mile circular walk from the Sun Inn at Norwood to visit the RA seat in Haverah Park. The seat was unveiled 20 years ago on the RA 50th Anniversary Walk. As well as commemorating the founding of the RA in 1935, the seat is also in memory of Corrie Gaunt, a local footpath campaigner who died in 1984.