Route 258

Fountains Abbey, Ripon, Markington (34 miles)

Greenway to Ripley and on to Pateley Road. Turn R up Scarah Bank/Fountains Abbey Rd. R on Watergate Lane, pass Fountains Hall to Fountains Visitor Centre and through Studley Park. R on B6265 to Ripon. R at first roundabout, R on High Clough (after river turns R). At Low Skellgate turn R over bridge then immediately L. Cross Quarry Moor Lane along Knaresborough Rd, L on Littlethorpe lane (ignore dead end sign), cross Ripon By-Pass with care. Littlethorpe Lane becomes Mankin Lane, R at T junction to Bishop Monkton, Turn Rjust on entering Bishop Monkton at Moor Rd, cross A61, R at Markington, L at crosroads. Retrace outward route to Showground.