Guided Walks and Tours
Welcome to FoSCL's Programme of Guided Walks and Tours.
If you've not already done so (recently), please read the notes on the 'Important Information' page.
The forthcoming walks and tours are listed below. If desired, use the filters to display a subsetted list of matching walks / tours. To view information about a walk grade or leader, click / tap on the relevant code.
To view definitions for grades, walk leader and themes, click / tap on the relevant code or refer to the code lists on the 'Important Information' page.
For a brief introduction to the 'Ribblehead Heritage Tours' and the 'Real Jericho Experience Tours', see the 'Heritage Tours' page.
PDF versions of the full programme(s) can be downloaded from the 'Guided Walks and Tours: Downloads' page.
MORECAMBE LINE WALK: Clapham to Horton 7m Moderate
Clapham - Trow Gill - Thwaite Plantation - Trow Gill - Sulber Nick - Horton
Kirkby Stephen Circular: Smardale 12m Moderately Strenuous
Kirkby Stephen Station - Ash Fell Edge - Ravenstonedale - Smardale Bridge - Smardale Fell - Smardale Hall - Waitby-Greenriggs - Kirkby Stephen Station
Ribblehead to Hawes 11m Strenuous
Cam High Road - Pennine Way - Gayle - Hawes.
Great Shunner Fell 11m Moderately Strenuous
Hawes - Hardraw - Great Shunner Fell - Thwaite - Muker
RIBBLEHEAD VIADUCT TOURS – THE BUILDING OF AN ICON
RIBBLEHEAD VIADUCT TOURS – THE BUILDING OF AN ICON
Free guided tours starting from the Visitor Centre on Ribblehead Station will take place on : Thursday 30th May, Thursday 27th June, Thursday 25th July. Thursday 29th August
The tour begins with a talk at the Visitor Centre, followed by a ¾ mile stroll on a stony track to the famous Ribblehead Viaduct to learn about how it was built. On return to the Visitor Centre we take the train to Garsdale (fare payable). At Garsdale Station we will visit the Bronze Statue of Ruswarp, the only dog that signed with his paw, the petition to save the line. We then return by train to Ribblehead Station.
Connecting train times to Ribbblehead – 1049 from Leeds/1049 from Carlisle
Snacks, drinks and cakes can be obtained from the Visitor Centre Café. Strong footwear is advisable, with waterproofs in case of bad weather.
For further information contact ruth.evans@settle-carlisle.com/phone 01524 811492
A Garsdale Walk: 11m Moderate
Garsdale - Garsdale Street - Farfield - Sedbergh
Legend of Semerwater: 15m Strenuous
Ribblehead - Dodd Fell - Marsett - Semerwater - Burtersett - Hawes
N.B. EARLY MORNING TRAIN
Hellifield to Settle: 9m Moderate
Hellifield - Long Preston - Ribble Way - Wigglesworth Hall – Rathmell - Settle
Fox's Pulpit: 10m Moderate
Sedbergh - Brigflatts - Lincoln's Inn Bridge - Fox's Pulpit - Winder - Sedbergh
N.B. EARLY MORNING TRAIN
Hell Gill Force: 13m Moderately strenuous
Garsdale Station - Thwaite Bridge - Cotter End - Lady Anne Highway - Hell Gill - Turner Hill - Lunds - Moorcock - Garsdale Station
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