Walks near Kirkby Stephen
3 routes, from 1 easy and 2 hard. Each has a route map, the climb worked out from the line, parking, dog and stile notes, and a GPX to download. For things to do, food and where to stay, see our Kirkby Stephen guide.
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Hard · 17.5 km · 555 m up
Nine Standards Rigg from Kirkby Stephen
About 4 hours 30 minutes
Kirkby Stephen's skyline cairns, reached by the Coast to Coast path over Hartley Fell and home through Ladthwaite and the old railway viaducts.
Easy · 4.8 km · 34 m up
Smardale Gill Viaduct from Smardale
About 1 hour
A level walk along an old railway through a Cumbria Wildlife Trust reserve to the tall stone viaduct over Scandal Beck.
Hard · 13.6 km · 574 m up
Wild Boar Fell and Swarth Fell from Mallerstang
About 3 hours 30 minutes
The great prow above Mallerstang, climbed from the head of the dale near Aisgill and linked with Swarth Fell for a fine high circuit.