Once I had parked up, I put on my boots, and headed for the exit, I followed the pavement downhill, following the garden walls of the Castle, then past the Castle entrance. I will one day go and visit the Castle, but not today. I walked through the grounds of Holy Trinity Church; this route just cuts off a corner and brings you to a road called Mill Bridge.

I continued until I had crossed the 1st bridge, and took the steps to the right onto the tow path of the canal. To the left of the tow path is Eller Beck. The canal and Eller Beck both wind their way behind Skipton Castle, there is a man made water fall that flows into the beck from the left, I think it is an overflow for some water course which is high above the beck, behind some trees. The canal at the back of the castle is dammed up with fallen rocks from near the base of the Castle; it also seems to become a dead end. Not far from this point there is a footbridge over the beck, I followed this which takes you between some buildings and onto a lane called Chapel Hill, I headed left, then trough a gate between some cottages, this leads into Skipton Castle Woods. I followed the track with the beck to my right, this is a pleasant walk through the woods, with benches every so often, where you can sit and take in the peace and quiet of the woods, with just the sound of the beck flowing towards Skipton.  After  short distance you come to a bridge, here you have a choice of 2 tracks to take, the first just before you cross the bridge, goes left and uphill, the second, which I took, takes you over the bridge to Round Dam, the track goes between the beck and Round Dam.