Walks with Play Parks: Surrounding Areas

Walks with parks in Ilkley, Skipton, Otley, Richmond and Settle

Are you looking for walks with parks in the towns around the Yorkshire Dales?

Here, you’ll find all our play park walks in one place!

We have so many walks with parks that we couldn’t fit them all on the same page, so here you’ll find all of the walks in the areas that surround the Yorkshire Dales National Park. That’s Ilkley, Otley, Skipton, Settle, Richmond and more! If you’re looking for walks with play parks in the Yorkshire Dales National Park or Walks with play parks in Nidderdale, then head back to our play park walks menu page!

But not just walks that feature play parks! Oh no! You’ll see reservoir walks, walks with waterfalls, ruins, pushchair friendly walks and more!

So take a scroll down the page and head to each walk page for all the in depth walk details.

Walk Difficulty Ratings

All of our tried and tested kid friendly walks have been divided into 3 categories dependant on difficulty, length and terrain:

⭐ Little Monkeys:

Walks suitable for younger children. Shorter length walks with occasional pushchair access.

⭐⭐ Little Adventurers:

Walks suitable for pre-schoolers. Medium length/ difficulty walks.

⭐⭐⭐ Superstar Hikers:

Walks suitable for older children. Longer length walks with some difficult terrain.

Playing on the park in Ilkley

Walks at a Glimpse

Here is our quick look key so you can identify what each walk has without taking too long!

👶 Suitable for Pushchairs

🎒 Suitable for Carriers

🚘 Car Park/ On Street Parking

🚌 Public Transport Links

🐶 Dog Friendly

🥾 Sturdy Footwear or Wellies

🧒 A park or play area

🦆 Ducks to Feed

💦 Water play/ paddle/ swim

✨ Cool history or geology

👻 Legendary Story

🌳 Walking Games

Swinging on the swing at the play park in Hawes
Playing in the sand at Embsay Reservoir

Embsay Reservoir

⭐ Little Monkeys

📍 Embsay near Skipton

🎒🚘🧒🌳🐶

📏 1 mile circular

This is a fabulously short reservoir walk perfect for the youngest kids! With bugs to spot and a play park in the village too what’s not to love?!

The ruins of Easby Abbey in Richmond

Easby Abbey and Richmond Foss

📍 Richmond, North Yorkshire

⭐⭐ Little Adventurers

🚘🥾🎒💦✨🌳👻🐶🚌

📏 4 miles circular walk

This walk takes you from the centre of Richmond to Easby Abbey, passing the fabulous waterfalls of Richmond Foss. You’ll also head past the legendary Drummer Boy Stone and at the end (ok also at the beginning…) there’s a park!

Oh and also ICE CREAM!

The opening of Jubilee Cave in Settle

Jubilee and Victoria Caves Settle

📍 Settle, Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Dales South Central

⭐⭐⭐ Superstar Hikers

🥾🚘🎒✨🌳🧒🚌🐶

This walk is just brilliant. One of my favourite walks EVER! I like to call it…. The One With All The Caves (sorry, Friends reference!)

But it really DOES have all the caves! Jubilee Cave, Victoria Cave and mini caves with no name! So take your headtorch and become a true explorer!

Playing on the river in Ilkley

Ilkley Riverside Circular

⭐ Little Monkeys

📍 Ilkley, West Yorkshire

🚘👶💦🦆🌳✨🧒🐶🚌

📏 Less than 2 miles circular walk

Also known as the ‘three bridges walk’ (on account of it taking in all three of Ilkley’s bridges over the River Wharfe) there is plenty to keep little ones entertained for just a short walk! So check it out for a walk with stone throwing, a park, more stone throwing, ice cream, ducks, MORE stone throwing and many bridges to trip trap over (well…. three of course!)

Middleton woods in Ilkley in the sunshine

Middleton Woods, Ilkley

⭐⭐ Little Adventurers

🚘🎒🥾🦆💦🌳🧒🐶🚌

📍 Ilkley, West Yorkshire

📏 2.5 miles circular (dependant on how much exploring you do!)

A river that is paddlers paradise!

This is a fabulous little wander that will take you along Ilkley riverside and around Middleton Woods. You’ll find a park, plenty of stick dens, stone throwing, picnic spots and most importantly, paddling!

Middleton Calvary walking down the path at the centre

Middleton Calvary, Ilkley

⭐⭐⭐ Superstar Hikers

🎒🚘🥾💦🦆✨🌳🧒🚌🐶

📍 Ilkley, West Yorkshire

📏 6 miles circular dependant on how much exploring you do!

This walk will take you right past the spine tingling and atmospheric Middleton (or Myddleton) Calvary, and along Ilkley Riverside which is a paddler’s paradise!

Oh…. and there are ducks to feed and a park too!

Walking in Otley Gallows Hill Nature Reserve

Gallows Hill Nature Reserve, Otley Riverside

⭐ Little Monkeys

📍 Otley, West Yorkshire

🚘👶🦆🌳🧒🐶🚌

📏 Less than 2 miles linear

Located in Otley, this is a top little wander, which you can connect up with a trip to the park and feed the ducks if you fancy making it a bit longer…. and there’s ice cream too!

Walking across the Burley in Wharfedale stepping stones

Burley Stepping Stones

⭐ Little Monkeys

🚘👶/🎒💦🥾✨🌳🧒🐶🚌

📍 Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire

📏 Circular walk, 2 miles (pushchair friendly is linear)

This super circular from Burley in Wharfedale to the stepping stones is one of our classic walks!

The stepping stones are a great place to stop and throw stones, there are geocaches, places to collect conkers in Autumn and it starts and ends in the middle of Burley where there is the park, cafes, pubs and even fish and chips!

Walking along the canal at Saltaire

Robert’s Park, Saltaire

⭐ Little Monkeys

📍 Saltaire (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), West Yorkshire

🚘👶🦆🌳✨🧒🚌🐶

📏 Under 2 miles circular walk

This walk is under 2 miles and is great for very young explorers. It’s pushchair friendly, takes you along a river, a canal, you’ll see boats, the stunning mills of Saltaire, LLAMAS (sadly not real) and there is an awesome park too! SO MUCH TO SEE!

Pushchair friendly Yeadon Tarn

Yeadon Tarn

⭐ Little Monkeys

📍 Yeadon, West Yorkshire

🚘👶🦆✨🧒🐶🚌

📏 Less than 1 mile circular walk

This is a fabulous family friendly walk for very little legs. It has a park, boats to spot, a nature reserve, ducks to feed, ICE CREAM, and planes to watch!

So much for less than 1 mile!

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