Walks with Play Parks: Nidderdale

All of our walks with Play Parks in Nidderdale, Pateley Bridge and Harrogate

Are you looking for walks with play parks around Nidderdale AONB?

Then welcome to our walks with play parks page! All of our walks that feature play parks in and around the Nidderdale area, including Pateley Bridge, Greenhow, Knaresborough and Harrogate can be found right here!

But they don’t just feature play parks. They feature cool ruins, riverside walks, pushchair friendly wanders, ponds with ducks and of course the Oldest Sweet Shop in the country!

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
Throwing ice into Fishpond Woods Pond

Fishpond Woods and Ice House

⭐⭐ Little Adventurers

📍 Bewerley, near Pateley Bridge

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📏 2 miles

This circular walk is short, sweet and PACKED full of cool stuff to explore!

You’ll find woodland packed full of ALL OF THE NATURE! A 200 year old Ice House, hungry ducks and spooky cave spiders all topped off with a park!

Perfect for little legs! (P.S. If you hate spiders like me, visit on a cold winter day when they’re all hiding away!

Standing at the edge of the river nidd

Pateley Bridge Riverside

⭐ Little Monkeys

📍 Pateley Bridge, Nidderdale

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📏 Less than 1 mile

This walk is not only pushchair friendly and short (so perfect for the littlest of legs), but it has a park and if you’re lucky, an ice cream van! Plus, Pateley Bridge is home to the Oldest Sweet Shop in the WORLD!

You’ve gotta be sold right?!

Looking at the ruins of the Greenhow lead mines

Greenhow Lead Mines

📍 Greenhow Hill, Nr Pateley Bridge, Nidderdale

⭐⭐⭐ Superstar Hikers

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📏 Circular walk, 4 miles

The crumbling remains of the Greenhow Lead Mines are testament to a once thriving industry, are the subject of local legends and this walk even has a little play area too!

Oh and if you want, you can also tag on a wander to a gigantic piece of modern art and the ruins of a lime kiln!

The ruins of St Mary's Church in Pateley Bridge

St Mary’s Church Ruins

📍 Pateley Bridge, Nidderdale

⭐⭐ Little Adventurers

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📏 Circular walk, 3 miles

I am a sucker for a good old fashioned ruin. And this walk does not disappoint! It takes you along the River Nidd, and up to the ruins of St Mary’s Church high above Pateley Bridge.

Oh yes… It also starts and ends with a park, and goes right past the front door of the Oldest Sweetshop in England!

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