Scenes from the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the North Pennines and parts of East Cumbria and North Yorkshire in Northern England - interesting places to visit, places to stay, good walking areas

(re-edit 23/10/2022)

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1. Swaledale (1) Walking up Gunnerside Gill from Gunnerside Village, Lead Mining sites

2. Richmond, Town &Castle,  circular walk from Richmond via Easby Abbey & Richmond Falls

3. Swaledale (2) Marske - circular walk via Clints Wood and Orgate Force

4. Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria and a walk from Sedbergh to Brigflatts

5. Bordley Town Circular Walk

6. Dentdale, Cumbria - Dent to Gawthrop circular walk including the 'Ocky' and another short walk on the 'Green Lane'

7. Swaledale (3) Fremington Edge and Hurst walks from Reeth

8. Swaledale (4) Circular walks from Muker including Oxnop Gill, High Oxnop, Satron, River Swale & Ivelet Bridge

9. Janet's Foss and Gordale Scar

10. East Cumbria, Climbing Cross Fell from Kirkland

11. Garrigill to Ashgill Force circular walk (near Alston)

12. Wharfedale (1) Grassington Market Town, Linton & 'Heart of Wharfedale Walk'

13. Walking over from Gordale Scar to Malham Cove a classic of the Yorkshire Dales and up Watlowes, Comb Scar & Pikedaw Hill and on to Malham Tarn

14. Walk from Masongill to the cheese press stone, marble steps pot and Kingsdale

15. The Ingleton Waterfalls Walk, Yorkshire Dales National Park

16. An East Cumbrian walk in Barbondale

17. Cumbria, The parish church and town of Appleby-in-Westmorland

18. Cumbria, Appleby & River Eden circular walk to Great Ormside

19. Langstrothdale-Wharfedale (2) Circular walk: Buckden, Hubberholme, Yockenthwaite, Cray AND walk up Buckden Pike

20a. East Cumbria, Dufton Village & Pike and High Cup Nick

A 60th Birthday Walk and Party with base camp at Dufton Youth Hostel

20b. Three Craven Villages Walk - Rylstone, Hetton and Flasby

21. Melmerby, Skirwith Church, views of Dufton Pike and sunset over the Eden Valley and the Lake District

22. Eden Valley, Cumbria - River Eden Walk (2) - Long Meg & her Daughters, Lacy's Caves, Ravendale Bridge

23. Crummack Dale - Circular Walk from Austwick, the Norber Erratics

24. Cumbria, Two red sandstone medieval churches: St Luke's Church, Ousby near Townhead and St. Margaret and St. James, Long Marton

25. The Road to Sedbergh Town and St Andrew's Church

26. A great walk over the Howgills (1) - Sedbergh - Cautley Spout to the Calf summit and back over to Sedbergh

27a. Another walk over the Howgills (2) from Howgill Church to the Calf, Bram Rigg and Arant Haw

27b. Howgills (3) Climb up from Ravenstonedale village to Green Bell, one of the most northern Howgill Fells

27c. Aisgill and Walking on Mallerstang Common

27d. Newbiggin-on-Lune and the Smardale Nature Reserve Walk

27e. Walking up Wild Boar Fell from Mallerstang Dale

28. Dent Village, Dentdale, Cumbria

29. A Walk on the limestone ridges of the Stennerskeugh and Fell End Clouds

30. Walking by the River Dee in Dentdale

31. A River Eden circular walk (3) from Bolton Village near Appleby, Cumbria

32. The Town of Penrith and The Rheged Centre

33. Attermire Scar , Victoria Cave and Warrendale Knots Circular Walk near Settle

34. Swaledale (5) Circular walks via Muker, River Swale, Crackpot Hall, Swinner Gill, Keld and Kisdon Hill

35a. Swaledale (6) The Village of Reeth and circular walk via Calver Hill and Healaugh

35b. Swaledale (7) The Village of Grinton on the River Swale, St Andrew's Church and Marrick Priory

36a. Walking through Malhamdale (a) From Airton Village to Kirkby Malham Village

36b. Walking through Malhamdale (b) From Kirkby Malham Village to Malham Village

36c. Walking through Malhamdale (c) From Malham Village to Malham Cove

37. Stainforth Circular Walk to add more details

38. Gargrave & East Marton Churches and a walk by the Leeds-Liverpool Canal

39. Walking in Littondale, Litton and Arncliffe, Yorkshire Dales

40. The highest town in England - Alston in Cumbria and its environs

41a Ainderby Steeple Church  *  41b Bedale Town

41c Snape village and castle  *  41d The village and church at Well

41e Village and church at West Tanfield  *  41f Masham Town  *  41g. Crakehall Village

41h Thorp Perrow - Arboretum and Bird of Prey & Mammal Centre

42a. Swaledale (8) Walking from Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale up Sleigill, Booze Moor, Whaw

42b. The Historic Market Town of Settle * 43a. The Wensleydale Railway

43b. Castle Bolton and Redmire & Wensley Villages and a circular walk from Aysgarth Falls via Bolton Castle, Wensleydale

43c. Circular walk from Leyburn via Wensley village along the Leyburn Shawl, Wensleydale

44. A circular walk from Jervaulx Abbey via Thorton Steward and Ulshaw  * 45a. The Village of Burnsall

45b. The village of Appletreewick and walking to Parcivall Hall via the River Wharfe

45c. Parcevall Hall and Gardens  *  45d. Walking from Parcevall Hall to Appleteewick via Trollers Gill

46. The Village of Kettlewell and its Scarecrow Festival  *  47. The Lambley Viaduct Railway Walk

48a. The Town of SKIPTON and Craven Museum * 48b. A Canal trip from Skipton (See also Gargrave to Leeds narrow boat cruise)

48c Skipton Holy Trinity Parish Church  *  48d Christ Church, Skipton & The Settle Orchestra * 48e Skipton Castle

49. Circular Walk from Alston via Whitley Castle, Kirkhaugh and the South Tynedale Railway

50a. Walking around the Bolton Abbey Estate *  50b. Bolton Priory Ruins & Bolton Abbey Parish Church

50c. Circular Walk from Bolton Bridge via Addingham

51a. Middleham Castle 51b. Middleham Village and River Walk

52. A circular walk from Airton via Bell Busk  *  53 The Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

54. West Burton Village and Walks  and a circular walk to Morpeth Scar and the Penhill Knights Templar Preceptory, Wensleydale

55. The Village of Hawes and Tourist Attractions

56. Climbing Ingleborough, a simple walk to the summit and back!

57. Rathmell village and Littlebank Country House B & B  *  58. Giggleswick village and St Alkelda's Church

59. Climbing Pen-y-ghent from Horton-in-Ribbledale

60. Wharfedale (3) Circular walk from Grassington via Grass Wood, the River Wharfe and Ghaistrill's Strid

61. Circular walk from Pateley Bridge via Panorama View, Glasshouses Mill and the River Nidd - Nidderdale

62. A circular walk from Stainforth via Smearsett Scar, Elaine's cafe Feizor, Giggleswick Scar, Stackhouse Weir, River Ribble and Stainforth Force

63 A walk to Redmire Force from the village of West Witton

See also

The Leeds - Settle - Carlisle Railway * Hellifield Station

and Stainmore Railway Company - Kirkby Stephen East Station

It is not my intention to provide detailed routes for walking, but to convey to the potential visitor, whether touring motorist, or a serious fell walker, the wonderful holiday country of the Yorkshire Dales and the North Pennines, with occasional snippets of East Cumbria.

 All the digital photographs are taken 'off the cuff' on the many walks and places we visit from which we derive considerable pleasure.

We normally stay in youth hostels but there numerous friendly and hospitable bed and breakfast places or holiday cottages to rent.

The site is dedicated to the friendship of Phil and Molly Brown, Pam Shepherd and Ian McCulley, Dave and Cath Wright and Peter and Annie Hicks, and may our boots wear out together for as long as possible.

Annie, sadly, is no longer with us, but she loved the Dales as much as any of us.

  PICTURES  *  Top: Dent Village  *  Top left : Gordale Scar  *  Top right: Oxnop Scar * Lower pictures above: Driving through the Yorkshire Dales.

*  Recommended Regional District Books and Maps  *

Mike Harding "Walking the Dale" (a knockout read!)

Paul Hannon "Walking Country - Alston and Allendale in the North Pennines"

Paul Hannon "Walking Country - Howgill Fells"

Paul Hannon "Walking Country - Eden Valley where Cumbria meets the Pennines"

Paul Hannon "Walking Country - Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales"

Paul Hannon "Walking Country - Teesdale in the North Pennines"

David Leather - Collins Rambler's Guides - "Yorkshire Dales"

Terry Marsh "The Pennine Mountains - The Cheviots, the Northern Moors, the Howgill Fells, the Yorkshire Dales and High Peak"

Cheap 1 sheet Stile Maps by Stile Publications, Ilkley e.g. "Sedbergh (Howgills)"

Stephen I. Robinson "Her Master's Walks - Swaledale"

Keith Watson "Walking in Teesdale" (a pocket guide in the Mini-Book Dalesman series)

Jack Keighley "A Cicerone Guide - Walks in Dales Country - Thirty Scenic Walks"

Anthony Burton "Weekend Walks - The Yorkshire Dales - Fourteen full-day walks in the National Park"

Alan Hall "Dalesman walking Guides - North Pennines - 43 walks in Teesdale, Weardale and South Tyneside"

Roland Smith "On Foot in the Yorkshire Dales - 35 circular walks from the Nidd to the Swale"

David Bellamy & Brendan Quayle "England's Last Wilderness - A Journey through the North Pennines"

Rob Talbot & Robin Whiteman "The Yorkshire Moors and Dales"

Edward Gower "Exploring the Yorkshire Dales" (a handy reference place guide in the Mini-Book Dalesman series)

Peter Metcalf "Place-Names of the Yorkshire Dales"

* PLEASE get further publishing details from the internet *

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