The Grey Panthers

This walk is taken from February 2024 edition of the "The Yorkshire Dalesman".
In the magazine, the walk is described as "Undemanding" and the time to complete it as being 2 hours.
We found that, due to previous bad weather and wet conditions, the walk was anything but undemanding, and the total walk time was 4 1/2 - 5 hours.
The principal reason for this was a field gate at High Leys Farm. This gate was literally held together and fastened with a mixture of barbed wire and bailer twine. Getting past this gate took us a considerable time.
Once past the gate there is an uphill climb over pasture which has been well trodden by cattle. This made the going VERY slow.
North of Husthwaite there is a footpath from Elphin Bridge Lane to Angram Hall Farm. This footpath crossed arable land which had been flooded earlier so was avoided by taking the access road to the farm.

A map of the route followed has been plotted on the Ordnance Survey mapping website, By selecting the ink below you will be taken to this map, - complete with distances and heights marked on the route.

OS Link

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Park in the centre of Coxwold village.
Head Eastwards along the main street and at the cross roads head Southwards along the road the road leading to Coxwold's old station building. Past here there is a footpath on your left that crosses the Elphin Beck.
Continue on the footpath uphill to High Leys Farm.
At the farm, take the road that heads East.
After a short distance, take the footpath along Beacon Banks to Husthwaite,
Just past Links House, and to the left, is a footpath that takes you to St. Nicholas' Church in Husthwaite.
To the West of the church there is a footpath that takes you to Elphin Bridge lane.
Continue North and head for Angram Hall Farm.
From there there is a track past Coxwold Park Farm that takes you back to Coxwold.