Walking In The Yorkshire Dales
The Yorkshire Dales provide one of the
best walking areas in the country covering a wide variety of scenery and
some isolated locations many of which can be accessed by public transport.
Many of the walks make use of the excellent DalesBus and Settle-Carlisle
train services - no car needed! This gives the facility for linear walks
and the chance to call in at a Dales hostelry before getting the train
or bus home.
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Contents
- Rise Hill (near Dent)
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Ribblehead and the 3 Peaks - A selection of walks around the Station Inn, Ribblehead and the Three Peaks area all making use of the excellent Settle-Carlisle Railway service. These include the peaks of Pen-y-ghent, Ingleborough, Whernside and Great Knoutberry plus a few low level alternatives. The Station Inn is a great destination.
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Garsdale Station -Some spectacular upland walks in this isolated area. The area takes in parts of upper Wensleydale, the upper Eden Valley and the fells to each side all accessed from the Settle- Carlisle Railway line and various bus services. Walks include Wild Boar Fell, Mallerstang Edge, Great Shunner Fell, Baugh Fell, Garsdale.
- Dentdale
and The Howgills using the Western Dales Bus - Walks
primarily utilising the Settle-Carlisle Railway and the Western
Dales Bus service accessing this delightful dale and the communities
of Dent and Sedbergh - including the ascent of Rise Hill, Great Coum,
Great Knoutberry and The Howgills with longer distance walks to Ingleton
and Kirkby Lonsdale.
- Upper Wensleydale using the Little White Bus - a selection of walks based on Hawes and using the Little White Bus and the Settle-Carlisle Railway including Great Shunner fell, Wether Fell & Semerwater, Dodd Fell & Snaizeholme, Mossdale and Cotterdale.
- Settle and Malhamdale - The Craven Dales Area including Settle and Malham Cove and Gordale Scar - a popular and sometimes very busy area with a few surprises!
- Swaledale - Upper Swaledale including Keld, Gunnerside Gill, Reeth and Fremington Edge - an area rich in lead mining heritage as well as spectacular scenery. Most of these walks make use the summer Northern DalesBus.
- Kirkby Stephen and the Upper Eden Area - an area of outstanding natural beauty including Nine Standards Rigg and recently brought into the extended Yorkshire Dales national Park, ideally accessed from the Settle Carlisle railway line
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Upper Wharfedale-The most frequented of the Dales and covering a large area including the villages of Kettlewell, Litton, Arncliffe and Buckden. Walks include Great Whernside, Buckden Pike, Old Cote Moor and Birks Fell.
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Lower Wharfedale - the area north of Ilkley and including the moorland each side of Bolton Abbey and Grassington. Good bus connections from Ilkley and Skipton.
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Nidderdale - Includes Pateley Bridge, Brimham Rocks, Middlesmoor and Scar House Reservoir. Mostly just out of the Dales but in an area of outstanding natural beauty. Also there is a section on the Nidd Valley Light Railway which once served the dale.
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Washburn Valley - This includes the Timble, Fewston and Thruscross area - Easy access from Leeds and surrounding areas.
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Ilkley Moor- From Menston to Ilkley - an area of open moorland actually in Lower Wharfedale with carved rocks and stone circles. Slightly out of the Dales as such and close to Leeds and Bradford with a good rail link.
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| Red Squirrel at Snaizeholme | Waterfall at Gayle |
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| Whernside Tarns | Cautley Spout |
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| Gordale Scar, Malham | Meadows near Muker |
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| Muker in Swaledale | DalesBus in Malham |
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| Malham Cove | Wild Boar Fell |
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| River Swale near Muker | Wild Boar Fell |
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| Ribblehead Station | Whernside/Ribblehead Viaduct |
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| Semerwater | Uldale Falls |
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| The S1 Bus in Dentdale | Scar House Reservoir |
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| Fewston Reservoir | Carving on Ilkley Moor |
Important note:- Whilst the author has taken every care in assembling the information on this site no responsibility can be taken for any error or omission herein. If in any doubt walkers should consult the relevant OS map.
Further Pages a few additional pages....
This site was last updated on 15-Aug-2024
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