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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Nine Standards Rigg from Kirkby Stephen
Hard, 17.5 km, 555 m up, 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.
Smardale Gill Viaduct from Smardale
Easy, 4.8 km, 34 m up, about 1 hour
A level walk along an old railway through a Cumbria Wildlife Trust reserve to the tall stone viaduct over Scandal Beck.
Wild Boar Fell and Swarth Fell from Mallerstang
Hard, 13.6 km, 574 m up, 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.