Bewerley Industrial Heritage Trail
A 9-mile heritage-themed footpath which visits quarries and mines of the countryside west of the popular Dales town of Pateley Bridge. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SE 158 567
Distance: 9 miles (14 km)
Time: 4–5 hours
Duration: 1 day
Ordnance Survey Explorer Map (1:25,000):
298 Nidderdale
Summary
The Bewerley Industrial Heritage Trail is 9 miles long with some steep ascents. The route follows public rights of way with a small section of permissive paths. For hundreds of years, people have exploited the rich mineral deposits of the landscape—lead, lime, and stone. Explore almost a thousand years of lead mining history on this walk through stunning scenery. The route passes by a hand-cut level, the remains of old smelt mills, and a unique 19th-century lime kiln around Pateley Bridge in the heart of Yorkshire's Nidderdale. Places of interest and sites visited on the walk, in order from start to finish and beginning at the Nidderdale Museum in Pateley Bridge, include Bridgehouse Gate, Moorhouses, Toft Gate, Coldstones Quarry, Greenhow Hill and village, Cockhill, and Providence Mine.