Walk Information
Walk route: Gunnerside - Gunnerside Gill - Bunting Mine - Blakethwaite smelt mill - Botcher Gill Gate - Jingle Pot Edge - Gunnerside
Distance: 5.50 miles
Ascent: 1,050ft
Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
With: Anne
Conditions: Dull and overcast, wintery higher up, a strong cold wind towards the end of the walk.
Comment: We followed walk 16 in Paul Hannon's Swaledale walking guide
Route Map
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Photos
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Gunnerside Gill
Sir Francis dressing floor
The dressing floor was where the lead ore and galena was crushed and sorted before being sent to be smelted into lead
The ruins of the Sir Francis mine
Looking up Gunnerside Gill
Botcher Gill
Gunnerside Gill, approaching Bunting mine (buildings on right)
Gunnerside Gill with the hushes and mine spoil
The bouse teams, used to store the lead before dressing, at the Bunting mine
We had come from Gunnerside and turned left 'Footpath' down to the beck. The footpath is not marked on the map!
Looking up a hush
A hush is created by damming a beck and then breaking the dam to release the water which then strips off the top soil exposing the rock
Looking back down Gunnerside Gill from above Bunting mine
Blakethwaite peat store
Gunnerside Gill
Blakethwaite smelt mill
Looking back to Blakethwaite smelt mill and peat store
Heading back to Gunnerside high above Gunnerside Gill
Walking on ice is easy with Kahtoola Micro Spikes
They are for walking on icy paths NOT ice climbing!
Approaching Botcher Gill Gate
Frozen waterfall in Botcher Gill
High above Gunnerside Gill with Jingle Pot Edge ahead
Gunnerside
Kings Head, Gunnerside, time for a pint and some soup
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