Route Filmstrip & Description
This is a route around Yorkshire Water's Scar House Reservoir.
Surveyed by: Craig Grimes, July 2018
(Summer)
Accessibility Rating: 4
Distance: 6.9 km
Car Park: Car park with 3 disabled parking spaces
Steps: No
Barriers: There are some gates, steep slopes and uneven surfaces.
Toilets: There are accessible toilets at the café.
The trails starts on a good tarmac surfaced access road.
There are great views over Scar House Reservoir from the main track.
There are some gates on the route, this gate opens towards the user.
A bench on the well surfaced track with views over Scar House Reservoir towards the dam wall.
Angram Reservoir Dam Wall.
A gate which opens both directions.
After Angram Dam wall the trail surface becomes rougher and steeper.
A wooden field gate that opens towards the user and steep, rough track surface.
A metal field gate that opens towards the user. At the time of recording the gate was damaged and hard to open.
A wooden field gate that opens towards the user and steep, rough track surface.
A wooden field gate that opens towards the user and steep, rough track surface.
A metal field gate with a rough track surface.
A steep rough path descends back to the dam wall where it rejoins a well surfaced road back to the car park.
Scar House Reservoir Phototrail
Map Markers
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Vertical Profile
This is an approximate vertical profile with samples taken at 100m intervals along the trail.
