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Jingling Pot: When the Entrance Is Vertical and the Rope Is Non-Negotiable

Roughly 45 metres of free-hanging descent into a shaft you'd walk past without noticing. Walkers can peer over the edge if they're careful; cavers need appropriate kit, a steady nerve, and a tolerance for the sound of falling stones.

01 Oct 2026Read

Malham Cove's Missing Waterfall: When the River Took a Different Route

The curved limestone cliff looks built for a waterfall, and in exceptional floods it gets one. But Malham Beck sinks nearby, the Aire rises from springs to the south, and dye tracing shows the plumbing is more complicated than the textbooks claimed.

Hull Pot: Yorkshire's 18-Metre-Deep Limestone Skylight

A 91-metre limestone chasm in the Dales where a beck vanishes in summer and becomes a waterfall in winter. Here's what's actually happening.

Three Counties System: Britain's Longest Cave Network

Beneath Leck Fell lies Britain's most extensive cave system, where surveyed passages cross county lines and new connections keep changing the map.

Gaping Gill: Yorkshire's 100m Underground Waterfall

A stream drops 100 metres into a cave chamber in the Yorkshire Dales. Twice a year, caving clubs winch visitors down. Not one for the faint-hearted.

Hiking Routes in Yorkshire Dales & Moors

Our Yorkshire hiking route guides, with practical route details and a downloadable GPX file for each walk.

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Dales Way: Ilkley to Bowness-on-Windermere

A complete 131.8 km GPX route from Ilkley to Bowness-on-Windermere, following Wharfedale, Dentdale and the gentler edge of Lakeland with 1,343 m of ascent.

22 Aug 2026Read Guide

Buckden Pike via Buckden Rake: Yorkshire Dales Route Guide

Follow Buckden Rake from the village to Buckden Pike’s open moorland summit on a direct and rewarding Yorkshire Dales out-and-back.

19 Aug 2026Read Guide

Whernside via Ribblehead

The standard out-and-back from Ribblehead via the railway path and east flank to Whernside.

19 Aug 2026Read Guide

Coast to Coast: St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay

A complete 304.4 km GPX route from the Irish Sea at St Bees to the North Sea at Robin Hood's Bay, crossing the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors.

18 Aug 2026Read Guide

Pennine Way: Edale to Kirk Yetholm

A strenuous 412.7 km main-route GPX from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, with 9,017 m of ascent, sixteen natural stages and enough moorland to recalibrate your idea of ‘a bit damp’.

17 Aug 2026Read Guide

Great Shunner Fell via Hardraw

A steady Pennine Way out-and-back from Hardraw across open moorland to Great Shunner Fell's summit shelter.

15 Aug 2026Read Guide

Great Whernside via Kettlewell

A direct out-and-back from Kettlewell via Hag Dyke and open moorland to the summit of Great Whernside.

12 Aug 2026Read Guide

Pen-y-ghent via Brackenbottom

The standard out-and-back from Horton via Brackenbottom and the southern scramble to Pen-y-ghent.

12 Aug 2026Read Guide

The Calf via Sedbergh and Calders

The classic out-and-back from Sedbergh via Settlebeck and Calders to The Calf.

12 Aug 2026Read Guide

Ingleborough from Clapham via Trow Gill

Follow this 14.9 km GPX out-and-back from Clapham to Ingleborough via Ingleborough Cave, Trow Gill, Gaping Gill and Little Ingleborough. It gains 666 m and has a 4h 06m walking estimate, with serious navigation and pothole hazards clearly explained.

07 Aug 2026Read Guide

Roseberry Topping from Newton-under-Roseberry

A short, steep 2.4 km out-and-back from Newton-under-Roseberry to the distinctive 320 m summit, gaining 189 m on the stepped western path. Expect woodland, open hillside and far-reaching Cleveland views—not a technical scramble.

06 Aug 2026Read Guide

Yorkshire Three Peaks from Horton-in-Ribblesdale

A strenuous 38.6 km circuit over Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, with 1,513 m of ascent. This GPX follows the classic clockwise challenge route from Horton-in-Ribblesdale.

26 Jul 2026Read Guide

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Hardraw Force: When the Highest Single-Drop Waterfall in England Sits Behind a Pub

Hardraw Force drops thirty metres in one unbroken fall near Hawes, making it England's tallest above-ground waterfall. Access requires paying at the Green Dragon Inn, and the amphitheatre behind it has hosted brass bands since Victorian times.

26 Aug 2026Read