🥾 Walking route
Battlefield Trail
North Yorkshire
- 📏 4.3 km · 2.7 mi
- ⛰ +76 m
- ⏱ 1 hr
- 🐕 On lead
Walk stats
- Distance4.3 km · 2.7 mi
- Elevation+76 m
- Duration1 hr
- DifficultyEasy
- Route typeCircular
- TerrainField paths and quiet lanes, gentle gradients
- Best seasonSpring to autumn
- DogsDog-friendly on leads near livestock
About this walk
This gentle circular walk in North Yorkshire covers 4.3 km with a modest 76 m of ascent, making it an easy hour-long outing suitable for most walkers. Starting from the Rockingham Arms, the route heads out across quiet countryside on well-defined paths and lanes.
Along the way you pass Dacre's Cross, a waypoint that anchors the walk's connection to the area's battlefield heritage. From here the trail continues its loop back through open ground, with the nearby Bloody Meadow lying just off the route for those who wish to extend their visit and reflect on the landscape's past.
The circular design means you finish back at the Rockingham Arms, a welcome spot to pause after the walk. With its short distance, gentle gradients and clear waypoints, this is an ideal choice for a half-day outing or an introduction to walking in this corner of North Yorkshire.
Route map
Route line drawn from OpenStreetMap footpath data. Numbered markers are waypoints on the route; amber star markers are points of interest a short detour away.
Waypoints along the route
2 waypoints along the way
- 1
Rockingham Arms
- 2
Dacre's Cross
Worth a short detour
Points of interest just off the route, look for the amber markers on the map.
Bloody Meadow
~337 m off the route
Route & waypoint data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).