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EXPLORE THE DALES
SEPTEMBER 22-25th 2025
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(3 nights, 3.5 walking days).
Grade 2 - Easy to Moderate
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Highlights:
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Walk the famous Ingleton Waterfall Trail
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Enjoy the outdoor pool in the village centre
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Explore beautiful quiet limestone valleys
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Hike through England's most amazing limestone landscapes.
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Ride the famous Settle to Carlisle railway - perhaps the most scenic line in the world? (author's biased view).
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Join us in the delightful Yorkshire Dales, home of dramatic limestone escarpments and lush, green valleys. Our base is in the busy Dales village of Ingleton, nestling under the flanks of Ingleborough, most shapely and best-known of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks.
Our walking will be at Easy to Moderate level, where on each full walking day we will cover around 7- 9 miles on routes that include limited, steady ascent. If summit-bagging in The Dales is more your thing please head to our Yorkshire 3 Peaks Walking Holiday.
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The cost for this holiday in full board, single, en-suite accommodation is £645
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What's Included:
The price includes 3 nights single occupancy full board (3 x dinner, bed, breakfast and packed lunch), and the services of our walk leaders for this holiday. The Wheatsheaf Hotel offers very comfortable and homely pub-style accommodation. Your holiday fee also includes the cost of entry to the Waterfall Trail, rail fares relating to our daily walks, and any local transport need to get to the start and finish of our walks.
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ACCOMMODATION
For our Yorkshire Dales walking break we have chosen as a base the Wheatsheaf Hotel in Ingleton village. Accommodation is in single occupancy, en-suite rooms and meals are provide in the residents' dining room. The hotel has a welcoming, spacious public bar and beer garden. This is a busy, bustling village has a heated pool in the centre where you can relax after a day of fresh air and exercise.
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Hotel postcode: LA6 3AD
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To reach Ingleton by public transport, take the train to Clapham (the one in Yorkshire - not London!!). From there, a 4 mile taxi journey brings you to the village.
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HOW TO BOOK
Just send your booking request using the Booking Enquiry Form on this page and we will be in touch very soon to confirm your place.
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You can then secure your place with a low deposit payment of £150.
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If you have any questions or if you need more information, don't hesitate to get in touch using the contact details below.
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We really hope you can join us!
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ITINERARY
DAY 1: If you can, join us on the arrival day by 1.30 pm for a half day local walk to get to know your fellow travellers and the environment close by. Our plan will be to walk the famous waterfall trail. For those who are unable to arrive by then, join us for dinner at 6.30 pm, after which we will talk through our planned programme. (3.5 hours)
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DAY 2: We take the regular service (not the steam train, but we may well see it!) from nearby Settle towards Carlisle, passing the very best of Dales scenery as we cross the famous viaducts at Ribblehead and Dent, built in Victorian times to span these majestic valleys. After an hour or so we reach the Eden Valley where the landscape changes from white limestone to radiant-red sandstone and follow tracks alongside the river Eden through chocolate-box villages. We return to Settle by train and then our transport takes us back to our accommodation after a busy and satisfying day's adventure. (6 hours)
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DAY 3: From Ingleton Village we walk along the broad valleys of Kingsdale with its bristling limestone crags on its skyline. Easy tracks lead to the entrance of Yordas Cave, which served as a public show-cave in Victorian days (no, we won't go in!!). Ascending onto the moor above the valley we pick up the ancient Turbary Road (a wide stone track) and pass the impressive shake-hole entrances to Jingling Pot and Rowten Pot before descending to our pick-up spot from where our taxi returns us to our hotel. (6 hours)
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DAY 4: We'll walk up to Twistleton Scars to join the tracks that make up the 'Pennine Journey' route. Our route gives tremendous views across to Ingleborough, to Whernside, the highest of the 3 peaks, and the famous Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle to Carlisle Railway (4 hours)
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Please note that the above itinerary is subject to weather conditions being favourable. Our aim, above all, is to make the right choice each day so that we enjoy the most appropriate route for the conditions.
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A big thank-you to the following for their images used here:
Ingleborough (above, right) - Paul Harris
Gate to path (above top) Andy Kay
Clearing mists (above, right) Christopher Werrett
On slider:
Track view, Solitary Sheep, Broad valley view, Cautley Spout: Christopher Werrett
