This is a reletively easy walk but through lovely scenery in the shape of the limestone gorge of Troller’s Ghyll. According to legend, all sorts of evil creatures including a monstrous black dog called Barghest live in this gorge. The going is rocky but not difficult. It just takes a little care to avoid turning an ankle. This route also provides for a very pretty walk alongside the River Wharfe.

Start the walk in the Dales village of Burnsall. There is a car park although on quiet days, it is possible to park on the main street by the river where there are benches to sit and watch the River.

Turn right over the road bridge and immediately over the bridge, turn right at a fingerpost signposted Dalesway and Appletreewick. Walk across the pleasant river meadow  and follow the Dalesway along the very pretty riverside path for about two miles until you reach a road near Howgill

Turn left along the road. Just past the old Weslyan Chapel on the left, (Chapel House), turn right through gated stile on to footpath signposted Skyreholme. Keep to the higher ground climbing gradually (do not go down to the stream).

Follow footpath which runs close to the fence line on your right, passed the caravan Park down to your right, to exit into road at Howarth Farm). Turn right and follow the road until you reach the next junction,turn left, Follow the road around a right hand bend  and just before the bridgr at the entrance to Parceval Hall, turn left to follow the south west bank of Skyreholme Beck.

With the beck on your right, follow the obvious path, Ignore the first path off to the left to New Road keep right, the path is clear and obvious as it bends right to approach the entrance to Trollers Ghyll. As the path drops towards the beck, avoid the path on the left and follow tghe beck to the entrance of the ghyll

You approach and enter Trollers Gill. Skyreholme Beck obviously once used to flow trough this gorge and was no doubt responsible for creating it but the beck now emerges at the foot and the gorge itself is dry.

Scramble up through the ghyll over two ladder stiles to emerge at a small waterfall with a wooden bridge crossing it.


A short steady climb now until the grassy path meets a sunstantial farmtrackTurn right and follow this track until it meets the road.

Turn left on road. and walk approx a quarter of a mile and folow it left around a sharp bend. About 150 yards passed the bend, a fingerpost sign on the right  points to Hartlington one and three-quarter miles along a broad track. It forks as it nears a farm, take right fork.

At the next group of farm buildings, fork right down the walled track (Kail Lane). It descends for some way until you reach a road.  Cross over the road you come to and after about 150 yards, turn right following the Burnsall sign crossing a narrow single plank bridge and follow the route you set out on back to the village for a well earned pint at The Red Lion