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Grinton

Swale Trail – Dales Bike Centre & Café loop from Grinton

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Mountain biking trails
United Kingdom
England
Yorkshire And The Humber
North Yorkshire
Richmondshire
Grinton

Swale Trail – Dales Bike Centre & Café loop from Grinton

Easy

5.0

(2)

22

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Swale Trail – Dales Bike Centre & Café loop from Grinton

00:54

12.8km

110m

Mountain biking

Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 6.56 km for 55 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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301 m

Swale Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This is a lovely new riverside route, designed to be family friendly running from Reeth to Gunnerside.

There are no tricky sections (although if it's dry the gravel can get …

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2

5.06 km

Dales Bike Centre & Café

Highlight • Cafe

Food, cake, coffee, tea, cake, accommodation, bike hire, route suggestions, cake, an excellently stocked bike shop, and cake. Honestly, what more do you need?

The cafe is open 7 days …

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3

6.21 km

Reeth Evangelical Congregational Church

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The church was built in the 1860s. The building originally had a stone cross on the point of the roof above the entrance, but this fell during a great storm …

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4

6.45 km

Jenny Hill

Highlight • Summit

The start of Arkengarthdale. The road takes you out of Reeth & the wildness of the valley is immediately apparent.

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5

6.59 km

Reeth Village Green

Highlight • Settlement

Thought of as the capital of Swaledale, Reeth is a village with a history as rich as its scenery. Incredibly, in its mining heyday, it was producing a tenth of …

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6

8.10 km

The Bridge Inn, Grinton

Highlight • Pub

7

10.9 km

Stepping Stones Across the River Swale

Highlight • Structure

A useful set of stones here to enable you to cross the river. Obviously, after rain and certainly if the river is in spate, you will not be able to cross as the stones will be submerged underwater.

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12.8 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.03 km

3.21 km

1.80 km

1.42 km

352 m

Surfaces

3.36 km

3.04 km

2.97 km

1.96 km

1.15 km

326 m

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Friday 22 May

16°C

9°C

13 %

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