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Scar House Descent – View of Scar House Reservoir loop from Teatherah Wood

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Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

Fountains Earth

Scar House Descent – View of Scar House Reservoir loop from Teatherah Wood

Moderate

4.2

(5)

29

hikers

Scar House Descent – View of Scar House Reservoir loop from Teatherah Wood

03:26

12.1km

260m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

Tips

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Nidderdale National Landscape

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

533 m

Foul Hole Wood

Forest

2

3.48 km

Scar House Reservoir Dam

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great to spectate after heavy rainfall in the area

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3

4.03 km

Scar House Descent

Highlight • Viewpoint

In Moor lane is a byway that runs over In Moor in Nidderdale. This section is fun on a mountain bike, either as a descent towards Scar House reservoir or …

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4

4.54 km

View of Scar House Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

Great Descent down to the reservoir

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5

5.70 km

Nidderdale Way

Highlight • Viewpoint

Good footpaths for the majority of the walk all the way to Scar House reservoir

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6

5.78 km

Rain Stang Trig Point

Highlight • Viewpoint

It's Nidderdale, but it sure feels like you were in the actual Dales. The wind-swept, heather-surrounded summit (453m) gives fantastic views, particularly of Little Whernside, but look in any direction and you will be happy.

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7

6.15 km

View of a red kite in Nidderdale National Landscape

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

Viewed 6 or 7 Red Kite circling

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8

7.87 km

Middlesmoor Climb (25% Gradient)

Highlight • Cycleway

9

7.87 km

Middlesmoor Climb

Highlight • Trail

Not sure if it was a highlight bloody steep

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B

12.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.32 km

4.34 km

1.46 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.93 km

4.05 km

165 m

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Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

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Friday 16 October

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