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Laykin,
Low Row,
Near Reeth,
Richmond,
North Yorkshire
DL11 6PT

Grid Reference SD 980 980

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Nell Tom
Low Row
Near Reeth,
Richmond
North Yorkshire
DL11 6PT

Grid Reference is SD 978 980

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Directions to Laykin – Low Row from the East

From the A1: turn off at Scotch Corner or Catterick Bridge to Richmond. In Richmond take the B6270 through Reeth and continue to Low Row. Pass the Punch Bowl pub on your right and travel through the village about a third of a mile.  Look for   a barn with green tatty doors on your right. Take the track which starts by the barn and goes up behind the row of cottages- called Brown Hills, straight on for approx 1/3 mile passing through a shallow ford up to Laykin.

There is a stone with Laykin 1/3 mile on your right just as you pass the back of the cottages.

Directions to Laykin – Low Row from the West

Go through, Muker, and Gunnerside and as you enter Low Row look out for a brown sign on your right for Hazel Brow Farm Visitor Centre, approx 20 yards beyond this on the left is the entrance of the road leading to Laykin. It is between a small cottage with a small white conservatory and a barn with tatty green wooden doors.

NB  It is a very sharp turn left to get onto our track- sometimes it is easier to carry on past the turn, go into the village and turn around in the Punchbowl Inn car park.

Please note that the road to the Cottage is a stony track and is steep in parts. It features a hairpin bend. Those who would be nervous driving in the Alps or on Buttertubs Pass, would also feel nervous here. It is possible to drive up in an ordinary car, and most people manage fine. You may be alarmed on your first drive up. It is perfectly safe and all manner of vehicles have arrived with no harm.

There is parking both to the side of the cottage and beyond the cottage straight ahead of you. Please do not block the top gate.

Please  note that Satnav will take you to the village of Blades from which there is no access to Laykin!
Please read our detailed directions to Laykin Cottage PDF

Directions to Nell Tom – Low Row from the East

From the A1: turn off at Scotch Corner or Catterick Bridge to Richmond. In Richmond take the B6270 through Reeth and continue to Low Row. In Low Row take the first turning on your right after the Punch Bowl Inn, there is a Church next to the pub and the road is to the left of this.

Take the road up the hill, it is steep and has hair pin bends in it, keep going up the hill until you get to a small hamlet (Blades) keep on the tarmac road with stone walls each side of you, follow this road until you get to a barn on the left and the wall on the left ends.

There is a track down the hill on the left by this barn. Take this track down, you will get to Turnip House on your left after about 150 metres, from here you will see Nell Tom below you, follow the track down to Nell Tom, about 100 metres.

Directions to Nell – Low Row from the West

Go through, Muker, and Gunnerside and into Low Row, head to Punch Bowl Inn which will be on your left, immediately before the Punch Bowl there is a sharp left hand turn up the hill which you need to take. It’s best to turn in the pub car park and then take the road which will be the first on your right.

Take the road up the hill, it is steep and has a hair pin bend which needs a 3 point turn. Keep going up the hill until you get to a small hamlet (Blades) keep on the tarmac road with stone walls each side of you, follow this road until you get to a barn on the left and the wall on the left ends. There is a track down the hill on the left by this barn.

Take this track down, you will get to Turnip House on your left after about 150 metres, from here you will see Nell Tom below you, follow the track down to Nell Tom, about 100 metres.
The track is fine for most cars but please take it slowly if you don’t have much ground clearance.

Please note that if you end up in an open grassy field, you have missed the turning to the track. The track is stony, not tarmac and has a line of telegraph poles down it.