The Stripey Badger Bookshop, Coffee Shop and Kitchen - Grassington

Join us for another opportunity to visit Grassington, a very popular tourist destination, made more popular with All Creatures Great and Small, with quaint shops and cottages. A mix of easy and challenging climbs, stunning scenery and much more

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We head down to the lights, right then left over the bridge and follow the usual route to Bolton Abbey via Nesfield, when passing the main car park we can have a powder room pit stop before turning left onto the gated road up to Embsay, then we tackle Barden road, this is a 2.2 mile climb before dropping down to Barden, picking up B6160 to Burnsall, over the river turning left for the climb to Hebden, then a busy road section Grassington on B6265

The cafe choice is The Stripey Badger Bookshop, Coffee Shop and Kitchen, you can bring your own picnic, there are benches down from the cafe. The bookshop is a destination in itself

https://www.thestripeybadger.co.uk/copy-of-menu

https://www.thestripeybadger.co.uk/services-3

Leaving the cafe we head down Main street, turn right, down over the river, then left and follow to Church road up to B6160, its left then down to Burnsall, back across the river and onto Appletreewick, Howgill and Barden, turning left onto Storiths lane, coming off at Cavendish Pavilion crossing the river and head out the estate coming out by the memorial fountain we turn left and head back to Ilkley on our in route

Pennies for sweet treat, spare inner tube