Guided Walks Test

08 March 2025 - Long Preston to Settle via the Ribble Way

Date
Line and direction of outbound train
Leeds - Settle - Carlisle
Special Instructions
Arrive: Long Preston 10:14 - Depart: Settle 16:30
Length
10 miles
Grade
Walk Leaders
Theme
FULL DAY WALK.
Description and notes

Follow the Ribble Way through gently rolling countryside from Long Preston to the picturesque market town of Settle.

Route: Long Preston, Cow Bridge, Wigglesworth Hall, Rathmell School, Green Farm, Giggleswick, Stackhouse, Settle

Distance: 10mi / 16.1km

22 February 2025 - Bingley and the Two Mortons

Date
Line and direction of outbound train
Leeds - Settle - Carlisle
Special Instructions
Arrive: Bingley 09:38 - Depart: Bingley 15:44
Length
9 miles
Grade
Walk Leaders
Theme
FULL DAY WALK.
Description and notes

A walk full of interest from Bingley station past the famous Five Rise Locks to East and West Morton and return along the canal.

Route: Bingley, East Morton, West Morton, Upwood Hall Farm, The Glen, East Morton, Micklethwaite, Bingley

Distance: 9mi / 14.5km

08 February 2025 - Snowdrops around Appleby

Date
Line and direction of outbound train
Leeds - Settle - Carlisle
Special Instructions
Arrive: Appleby 11:19 - Depart: Appleby 17:01
Length
11 miles
Grade
Walk Leaders
Theme
FULL DAY WALK.
Description and notes

February Fairmaids, Dingle-dangles, Candlemas Bells, Mary's Tapers galore. One of our favourite walks at this time of year!

Route: Appleby, Dufton, Long Marton, Appleby

Distance: 11mi / 17.7km

25 January 2025 - Ribblehead to Horton via the Pennine Way

Date
Line and direction of outbound train
Leeds - Settle - Carlisle
Special Instructions
Arrive: Ribblehead 10:38 - Depart: Horton 16:21
Length
9 miles
Grade
Walk Leaders
Theme
FULL DAY WALK.
Description and notes

A chance to walk part of the Pennine Way with great views of the Yorkshire Three Peaks.

Route: Ribblehead, Gearstones, Cam End, Ling Gill, Sell Gill Holes, Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Distance: 9mi / 14.5km

N.B. Please note this walk is rescheduled to Saturday 1st February due to a "Do Not Travel" notice on the Settle-Carlisle Line this Friday and Saturday

11 January 2025 - The Only Trig Point in the Village!

Date
Line and direction of outbound train
Leeds - Settle - Carlisle
Special Instructions
Arrive: Long Preston 08:43 - Depart: Hellifield 15:13
Length
10 miles
Grade
Walk Leaders
Theme
FULL DAY WALK.
Description and notes

Our first walk to welcome in 2025 is from Long Preston visiting the trig point on the top of Newton Moor then finishing at Hellifield.

Route: Long Preston, Newton Moor Top, Orms Gill Green, Park House, Otterburn, Hellifield

Distance: 10mi / 16.1km

28 December 2024 - Walk off that Crimbo Excess!

Date
Line and direction of outbound train
Leeds - Settle - Carlisle
Special Instructions
Arrive: Gargrave 10:03 - Depart: Gargrave 16:47
Length
11 miles
Grade
Walk Leaders
Theme
FULL DAY WALK.
Description and notes

You will be desperate to get out of the house by now so join us on this walk from Gargrave to burn off some of those Christmas treats!

Route: Gargrave, Raven Flatt, Kirk Syke Lane, Airton, Gargrave

Distance: 10.5mi / 16.9km

14 December 2024 - Settle Festive Circular via Nappa Cross

Date
Line and direction of outbound train
Leeds - Settle - Carlisle
Special Instructions
Arrive: Settle 10:20 - Depart: Settle 17:58
Length
10 miles
Grade
Walk Leaders
Theme
FULL DAY WALK.
Description and notes

Let's get into the Christmas mood - bring Santa hats and nibbles to share! We'll round off the day with refreshments in Settle.

Route: Settle, Attermire, Stockdale Farm, Nappa Cross, Pennine Bridleway, Gorbeck, Langcliffe, Settle

Distance: 10.5mi / 16.1km

30 November 2024 - Hike around Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Date
Line and direction of outbound train
Leeds - Settle - Carlisle
Special Instructions
Arrive: Horton 10:30 - Depart: Horton 16:21
Length
8 miles
Grade
Walk Leaders
Theme
FULL DAY WALK.
Description and notes

A shorter, slower paced scenic walk in the environs of Horton-in-Ribblesdale with plenty of time to admire the views.

Route: Horton, Sulber Nick, Pennine Bridleway, Far Moor Bridge, Ribble Way, Horton

Distance: 7.5mi / 12.1km

16 November 2024 - Hellifield to Skipton

Date
Line and direction of outbound train
Leeds - Settle - Carlisle
Special Instructions
Arrive: Hellifield 10:11 - Depart: Skipton 16:59
Length
12 miles
Grade
Walk Leaders
Theme
FULL DAY WALK.
Description and notes

A walk from Hellifield through pretty villages and over rolling hills, following the River Aire and Leeds Liverpool canal to Skipton.

Route: Hellifield, Otterburn, Bell Busk, Gargrave, Thorlby, Stirton, Skipton

Distance: 12mi / 19.3km

19 October 2024 - A Walk in Bronte Country from Haworth

Date
Line and direction of outbound train
Leeds - Settle - Carlisle
Special Instructions
Arrive: Keighley 09:45 - Depart: Keighley 17:31 - See notes for bus details.
Length
11 miles
Grade
Walk Leaders
Theme
FULL DAY WALK.
Description and notes

A trip through history to where the Bronte Sisters lived and walked.

Route: Haworth Parsonage, Lumb Foot, Keighley Moor Reservoir, Old Bess Stone, Crag Bottom, Ponden Reservoir, Bronte Waterfall, Haworth Moor, Penistone Hill, Haworth

Distance: 11mi / 17.7km

Bus from Keighley to Haworth:

Walk from Keighley Railway Station to Keighley Bus Station (allow 15 minutes) for 10:05 B3 Hebden Bridge Bus alighting at Sun Street, Haworth.