Coming into the Swinsty Reservoir car park, you’re immediately into this glorious view – a sandy beach area and the start of the circular walk. We usually go all the way around this reservoir but work is going on at the moment, so we did half of it and then continued all the way around Fewston.
These walks are the woods and water family heaven type. They feature loads of den building opportunities, logs to walk along, tree stumps to leap off and bridges to cross. There are lots of benches dotted along the route and plenty of dog swimming opportunities – for Merlin that is!
Picnic spots are plentiful and the blue sky and tall trees reflecting in the water make for an amazing backdrop.
The large bridge crossing Swinsty gives you a great view of the scale of the reservoir.
You can see the walk mapped out below- it’s also really well signposted and easy to follow. Dogs can be off lead almost all of the walk, with just an occasional road to cross.
You can put Swinsty Reservoir HG3 1SU in the sat nav and park in the main car park.
The treat at the end of the walk was a glorious ice cream from the Dales Van – sat by the side of the reservoir obviously!
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