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A long-established route from the lowland pastures to the open fells near the source of the River Nidd. From Pateley Bridge the route follows the Nidd north, keeping to the east of Gouthwaithe Reservoir, to Lofthouse. Here the Way loops round the head of the valley to Scar House Reservoir. The route returns along the south side of the dale and follows the west side of Gouthwaithe Reservoir before looping away from the Nidd to visit Merryfield Mines and Heyshaw Moor. After Dacre Banks the Nidd is again followed to the village of Hampsthwaite where the route heads to Ripley with its castle. The Way now follows the northern side of the dale, passing the gritstone outcrops of Brimham Rocks high above the dale and the old lead mill at Smelthouses, on its way back to Pateley Bridge.

Harvey Maps provide a strip map listed below and the route is on OS mapping.

A new guide has been produced by the Upper Nidderdale Landscape Partnership and is available as a download. An option to avoid a long stretch of road walking alongside Gouthwaithe Reservoir is described.

Novermber 2018. Rucksack Readers are producing a comprehensive new guide to the Nidderdale Way to be published in Spring 2019. Working with North Yorkshire County Council, the author Beth Rimmer, has agreed some route changes with NYCC to eliminate some dangerous road walking and taking practical diversions which have long been obstructed. The path across Heyshaw Moor has been improved with a heather cut. The route outlined below reflects the changes which differs from that marked on current OS mapping.

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