From the car park we cross the main road and enter the grounds of Harewood House. Permissive paths and public rights of way take us around the grounds until we join the Leeds Country Way and continue to our morning stop with views of the house in the distance.

We then leave the grounds and continue on tracks and lanes to our lunch stop in East Keswick.

After lunch we cross the (fairly busy) A 659 and descend to the banks of the river Wharfe (please note this bit is likely to be muddy). Here we Join the Ebor Way (taken from Eboracum, the Roman name for York) and follow it back to the outskirts of Harewood. From here it's a bit of a climb to the main road which takes us back to the start point.

        Fishing pond within the Harewood Estate

 'B' Walk - Leader - Barry Osborne. Dist. 8 miles. Ascent - 738ft. Grade - mod. Anticlockwise.

 Harewood House  - A country house in West Yorkshire north of Leeds . The house was designed by architects John Carr and Richard Adam and built between 1757 &1771  for Edwin Lascelles the first Barron Harewood , a wealthy West Indian plantation and slave owner . The Lascelles family still live in the house today .

Harwood House has been the setting for many films and tv series . Part of the estate is still used in the soap opera Emmerdale

The walk

Our walk today starts at the Harewood Arms Hotel on A61 road . We commence by crossing the road so walk North for a short while then tuning left and passing the Muddy Boots cafe on to the Harewood estate .From here we follow a metalled path then through a small wooded area to High Weardley . We then turn South down another small road to turn West to head through Stubb house plantation onto the Leeds Country way. Onward through Piper wood to New Bridge on path to reach the A61 road again. From here we pass Lofthouse farm before turning left past Wike wood . Then on across 2 fields and going North to Spring wood and Holling Hall . Onwards North passing New Laith farm to the A695 road . We walk a short way on the road before turning right to reach a path which takes us back to Harewood .Be warned because of the weather we have been having recently some areas of the walk could be Muddy therefore a stick could be very helpful today

Now for a well deserved drink in the Harewood Arms

Please join me on this excellent walk which is anther variation on some of our excellent and varied walks.

  'C' Walk - Leaders - Elaine & Jean. Dist- 5 miles. Asc- 538ft . Grade - mod. Anticlockwise.

 Our Club have been regular visitors to Harewood House for many years and today's walk will take us along some familiar tracks and footpaths, mainly on the outskirts of the Harewood Estate.

The coach will park at the rear of the Harewood Arms Hotel, just off Main Street, before we make our way to the popular Muddy Boots café which is just a short walk away on Church Lane. The café does get very busy so tables need to be booked and food and drink choices have to be made in advance. Further details on this to follow.

After this leisurely start we make our way along Church Way, a good woodland track with occasional views of Harewood House through the trees to our left.

A left turn after approximately a mile will take us downwards past Home Farm, which is now a converted 'Business Centre', with views of the Estate Lake to our left. We then have our first ascent of the day past Carr House, before we meet with the Leeds Country Way. After a short climb the route descends once more to cross a small bridge before the final ascent of the day towards the A61, Harrogate Road.

The final section of the walk is through the Wall Side Plantation, a flat track though the plantation which will emerge near to the main entrance gates of the Harewood Estate.  We then have a short walk to the Harewood Arms Hotel where we can enjoy our final refreshments.

Most  of the paths and tracks on today's walk are generally good, with just the possibility of occasional wet sections after rain, so a walking pole is recommended. We have excellent views throughout the walk of the House and of the surrounding landscape, courtesy of the well known landscape designer 'Capability Brown'.

No deer or Red Kites were encountered on the day of the recce but hopefully we will have more luck on the day!! Do join us on this interesting stroll around the Harewood Estate.