Settle District is at the heart of some of the most beautiful and remote walking in the country. The serenity and tranquillity of the area makes it a walkers paradise. The Yorkshire Dales offers dramatic peaks, limestone scars, steep-sided valleys, heather-clad moorland, swift flowing rivers and plunging waterfalls.
The Forest of Bowland offers the grandeur and isolation of moorland hills and undulating lowlands with their distinctive pattern of settlements, woodland cloughs and river valleys There are routes that will challenge the most experienced of walkers, but there are also plenty of easy short walks and strolls for the less fit or adventurous.
A Selection of Local Circular Walks
Settle, Cleatop Park (approx. 4 miles)
Settle, Attermire and Sugar Loaf (approx. 4 miles)
Settle, Giggleswick Scar (approx. 4½ miles)
Settle, Langcliffe, Catrigg Force and the Caves (approx. 6 miles)
Settle, Langcliffe Locks and Stackhouse (approx. 4 miles)
Settle and Malham (approx. 11 miles)
Stainforth and Langcliffe (approx. 5 miles)
Wigglesworth and the Ribble Way (approx. 6 miles)
Clapham & Crummack Dale (approx. 9½ miles)
Austwick & Wharfe (approx. 3 miles)
Settle Loop – part of the Pennine Bridleway (approx. 10miles)
Three Peaks Walk – Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough (approx. 24½miles)
Guided Walks from the Settle-Carlisle Line
The Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line welcome you to its Guided Walks programme from railway stations on the Settle-Carlisle Line and Leeds-Morecambe Line. We enable you to explore and enjoy the breathtaking scenery of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and Cumbria, including the Lake District, with experienced guides. The guides will meet you at the station where the walk starts from and will be your leader throughout the walk.
Guided Walks
Walks in the Yorkshire Dales
A selection of links to websites that detail many walks in the Yorkshire Dales
Dales Walks 1
Go for a Walk
Short Walks
Yorks Dales National Park
Walks in the Forest of Bowland
A selection of links to websites that detail many walks in the Forest of Bowland
Bowland Walks 1
Go for a Walk
Bowland Walks 3
Walks and Pubs
The Ribble Way Challenge
16th & 17th June 2012
Could you walk across two counties, navigating through multi terrain all against the clock?
Join Sue Ryder for an exhilarating walk through stunning countryside and experience an event with a difference. Step up to the challenge of walking 50K in under 15 hours or 100k in less than 30 hours.
Start Line; Ribblehead Viaduct, Settle, North Yorkshire
50K Finish Line; Edisford Bridge, Clitheroe, Lancashire
