Rombald's Stride

The walk will be started outside St. Oswalds Junior School at 09:00hrs. Follow path through the bungalows to the main road at SE 194 416. Cross the road at the lights and follow the tarmac road to SE 193 413. Turn across the Railway Bridge and enter field through stile immediately left after the bridge. Follow the path through the fields to join track at SE 191 409. Turn left and pass under the Railway Bridge. Cross the stile on the right. Cross the stile on the right alter the railway bridge and follow the permissive path through Springs Wood to join concrete road at SE 183 404. Cross to short track and follow into Esholt village. Take the road. Esholt Lane, south west out of the village and turn right across the field at SE 171 397 just after the golf driving range. Follow path to main road and cross with care, no up the steps, across the minor road to bucket drop at SE 170 398, then follow path through fields to left of the old chapel. Turn right after chapel then left on track past cottages and follow up hill to SE 165 400.

Follow track down to the memorial. turn left and then follow track and paths to check point at SE 156 404. Take the track up to the road, cross and take path up the side of the golf course to the trig point (self clip) on Baildon Moor SE 141 401.

Leave the trig point and make way down to road. Take the road northerly to gate, path and track to check point at Weecher SE 138 420.

Take path through wall and over fields to SE 138 424, go over wall across the road and onto Rombalds Moor. Follow the main path to check point at path junction SE 125 451. Then take permissive path westerly to join track at check point at Whetstone Gate at SE 102 453.

From whetstone Gate follow track northerly down to Ilkley, look out for check check point and marked path at SE 112 469. Take this path up to White Wells and on through Hidden Valley SE 124 466. Follow path above the Cow and Calf rocks and along ridge to (self clip) at SE 148 451, at Coldstone Ghyll.