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.
RIBBLEHEAD TRAMWAY TOUR: 2.5 m easy
RIBBLEHEAD TRAMWAY TOUR
Free guided tours starting from the Visitor Centre on Ribblehead Station
The walking route is about 2½ miles at a leisurely pace, mainly along paths, with short stretches of rough ground which can be boggy at times.
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 or group bookings, contact m350simpson@btinternet.com or phone 01524 811492
Other dates for this tour are:
Thursday 4th July, Thursday 11th July, Thursday 1st August, Thursday 8th August, Thursday 15th August, Thursday 22nd August
Two Dales Ways: 10m moderately strenuous
Dent station - Tub Hole - Rigg End - Boot of the Wold - Force Gill - Ribblehead
Cautley Spout and The Calf: 10m strenuous
Cautley Spout and The Calf: Sedbergh - Cautley - The Calf - Calders - Sedbergh. Note: Involves a very steep ascent.
Early morning train
Swaledale walk Muker to Gunnerside: 8m moderately strenuous
Muker - Kisdon Hill – Keld - Ramps Holme – Ivelet – Gunnerside
Around Pen-y-ghent: 14m strenuous
Horton - Hull Pot - Foxup Moor – Pen-y-ghent Gill - Churn Milk Hole - Brackenbottom - Horton
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
High Cup Nick: 13m strenuous
Appleby Station - Flakebridge Woods - Town Head - High Cup Nick - Brackenthwaite - Appleby Station
THE HAWES BRANCH - A WALK AND TALK: 7m moderate
THE HAWES BRANCH - A WALK AND TALK with Tony Smare & Andrew Longworth:
Hawes - Appersett - Cotter Force - Mossdale - Moorcock - Garsdale Station
RIBBLEHEAD TRAMWAY TOUR: 2.5 m easy
RIBBLEHEAD TRAMWAY TOUR
Free guided tours starting from the Visitor Centre on Ribblehead Station
The walking route is about 2½ miles at a leisurely pace, mainly along paths, with short stretches of rough ground which can be boggy at times.
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 or group bookings, contact m350simpson@btinternet.com or phone 01524 811492
Other dates for this tour are:
Thursday 4th July, Thursday 11th July, Thursday 18th July, Thursday 8th August, Thursday 15th August, Thursday 22nd August
MORECAMBE LINE: Bentham Industrial Walk: 9m moderate
Bentham - Staggarth Farm - Great Stone of Fourstones - Bentham
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