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Long Rigg on the lower slopes of Hartley Fell

The Route

Opposite the Pennine Hotel in Kirkby Stephen leave the Market Place by a short lane to the right of the churchyard and enter Stoneshot, bearing right and then left down steps to meet the River Eden at Frank’s Bridge. Cross the bridge and turn right to follow the river until it swings away to the right. From a gate, take to a surfaced path beside a wall and later a hedgerow, and continue to another gate in the top left corner of a field. Through this, go forward to arrive at the hamlet of Hartley.

Frank’s Bridge, Kirkby Stephen

Nine Standards

On reaching a minor road, cross diagonally left to a narrow path leading to a small bridge across Hartley Beck. A short way on, on joining another road, turn right. When the road shortly swings left, leave it on the apex for a brief path that remains with Hartley Beck a little longer before rejoining the road. Turn right again, and now climb easily to the entrance to Hartley Quarry.

The route passes close by the site of Hartley Castle, a medieval fortified house built in the 14th century and extended at the start of the 17th. There’s virtually nothing there now; by the late 18th century most of the original structure had been used to repair Eden Hall.