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The Great North Trail PART TWO

1 Great North Trail – Part Two

Yorkshire Dales: Route Overview Appleby-in-Westmorland Hebden Bridge to Appleby-in- Westmorland

Distance: 171km Ascent: 4,011m

Hawes Introduction Starting at the bottom of the steep sided Calder , is a tough way to start this ride, but you are soon high up on the hills enjoying the stunning views. After turning this way and that, through various gates, steep inclines and fast declines, you Horton in eventually leave the lush green valley behind and break out onto bleak and Clapham barren moorland. The raw beauty provides a certain unavoidable sense of adventure. The two sides of the Mary Towneley trail Settle soon re-meet and you continue northwards on the , across the hills to the quaint village of in . It becomes flatter as you cross the Ribble Valley (although the numerous gates and grassy terrain still restrict fast progress) but before long you are in the stunning landscape of the Dales. This is ’s largest county and third largest National Park in the UK, covering 2,179km2 and often referred to as “God’s Own Country”. 0 10 Miles The majority of the Dales are in Yorkshire, Hebden Bridge apart from the north-west where they dip into , and they offer a vast, open 0 20 Kilometres and remote space to explore. Made up of

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Best for Wild moorland crossings Fantastic scenery with geological wonders, such as limestone pavements, waterfalls and caves. Historical interest and visiting feats of engineering.

limestone, sandstone, and millstone grit, Bridleway actually crosses the valley and Navigation the lifting, folding and glacial movements heads up the steep, lumpy hillside of Difficulty rating The start of this section follows the well over millions of years have produced Wild Boar , but a much more pleasant sign-posted Pennine Bridleway (PB) trail, incredible scenic cliffs, crags, scars and alternative follows the riverside, passing Calderdale to Mallerstand Valley so navigation is straight forward. Around limestone pavements. The are further Kirkby Stephen, before wiggling and winding Red grade all the way from the start the Barnoldswick area the signage becomes dissected by deep valleys or dales, with lush its way along quiet back roads and fields in Calderdale to where it leaves the sparser and harder to spot, especially on PB in the Valley (due to the farmland and woodlands that provide some until arriving at Appleby-in-Westmorland, field crossings, so look out for the faint remote setting and steep, rough terrain). beautiful sheltered and serene, sunken and the end of this second leg of the tracks and gates on the far side. Things valleys in the stark and barren moorland. Great North Trail. The trail continues northwards through the start to become clearer, less wiggly and Mallerstand Valley to sparsely populated landscape, passing better signed once again around Settle. If Appleby-in-Westmorland between walled lanes, crossing lush green you opt to drop to , you’ll leave the PB After here, to the end at Appleby, it fields, passing old quarries and with for a while, so navigation is down to you, but is grade Blue as the trails are not as panoramic views of the limestone it is fairly straight forward. After following rough, lower down and not as steep. pavements. After descending to the edge of the valley up to Kirkby Stephen, you need to Hawes, and passing close to the waterfall of pay good attention to the route as it zig-zags Cotter Force, the route joins the Mallerstang on and off road and through fields until Valley, along the river Eden. The Pennine arriving at Appleby-in-Westmorland to finish.

4 5 Great North Trail – Part Two Lime Works

Jubilee Cave Goredale Scar Ribblesdale: Section 1 Settle Malham Victoria Cave Scaleber Force Janet's Foss (Waterfall) Hebden Bridge (Waterfall)

Long Preston to Settle

Distance: 67km

Calder Valley Heading out of the steep northern side of the Calder Valley, a good, wide track allows the first section of the route to be tackled with relative ease. Afterwards the route becomes a narrower dirt track and then Barnoldswick a narrow sett path, with annoying all-too- regular ridges built into the trail. These ridges attempt to steal any momentum and rhythm you may have, but some stunning views soon open up behind you, so you have another reason to stop and revel in the significant height gain you will have Brontë Way trail already achieved. The solid sett trail is a The route continues to tackle some steep Wycoller Country Park blessing though, even if you are relegated inclines and declines, and joins with the The Atom Panopticon to pedestrian mode. Further bumpy Brontë Way trail. This trail runs for 69km, packhorse trails lead you out of the lush passing a number of places of inspiration green valley and eventually onto the barren to the Brontë sisters and their enthusiasts, brown moorlands, with far reaching views such as Wycoller Country Park. This must and a desolate beauty of their own. Stay be one of the prettiest country parks in alert on trails close to hand though, as the Lancashire, on which a newly surfaced Great North Trail leaves the Mary Towneley path drops you quickly – if the coast is trail here to continue northbound, along clear – down to the lovely peaceful village the Pennine Bridleway. of Wycoller.

Hardcastle Crags Wycoller Country Park One of the prettiest country parks in 0 5 Miles Lancashire. The Brontë sisters mentioned nearby landmarks in their novels. Hebden Bridge 0 10 Kilometres www.lancashire.gov.uk/leisure- and-culture/country-parks-and-nature- reserves/wycoller-country-park

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From the Anglo Saxon ‘Wic-Alr’ (meaning where the grooves worn into it by the Allow yourself some time to experience dairy farm among the alder trees) this weavers’ clogs were chiselled out by a this unique place, or even stay at the B&B village went into decline with the invention famer whose daughter fell and was fatally and enjoy a day off the bike, as there are of the power loom. The inhabitants, sheep injured on the bridge. In the 1890s there some picturesque walks to local beauty farmers and weavers, moved away, but it were plans to create a reservoir by damming spots, such as Bank House and Wycoller is slowly being brought back to life. Wycoller Beck, but it survived and in 1973 Beck to enjoy. At the very least, visit the Wycoller Beck has seven bridges over it, Lancashire County Council bought the land. Wycoller Cafe and Craft Centre, whose from simple single slabs to the lovely late The village and surrounding countryside lovely proprietors serve up good meals 18th/early 19th century Clapper Bridge, were designated a country park soon after. at reasonable prices. You’ll require the energy and will appreciate the rest for the next section of the route coming up if nothing else. The route - both the Pennine Bridleway Take Care! and the Great North Trail – continues along If you decide to ignore the bridge and pedal footpaths recently upgraded to bridleways, through the ford at Wycoller, take care as it but some parts are grassy and hard going. is extremely slippery and you may well find yourself taking an early dip! Route signage is not so clear along this section, and your eyes are also drawn Nationally important, this glacial lake to navigating between the is one of only eight alkaline lakes in copious sheep droppings Europe and, at 377m above sea level, the highest marl (lime-rich mud or mudstone) as you cross grassy fields, lake in the UK. making the route finding www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/visit-the- even trickier as you chop dales/discover-the-dales/caves-and- and change direction for potholes/victoria-cave a while.

The same gate salesman from Calderdale must have worked this patch too, with gates, sometimes two, installed at every field, which means your average speed will drop whilst navigating this section. After finding your way around High Scale farm on a faint grassy track to the left of the farmyard, the Pennine Bridleway finally reaches in , where the trails start to improve in firmness and ease of navigation. You are also now met with views of the mighty uplift of the Craven Fault. This limestone dislocation stretches from Upper Wharfdale to Kirby Lonsdale, providing spectacular cliff scenery, with craggy peaks, limestone

8 9 Cycling UK Great North Trail – Part Two scars and stunning views. As you may have of facilities). You have to climb out of Long guessed, this also means big climbs are Preston first, but tarmac, good tracks and inevitable along the way and there is very simple navigation make this relatively easy. little flat land. But with big climbs come You will then need to decide if you want big descents. Each valley or ‘dale’ has its to ride the optional ‘Settle Loop’ route. own character, but most share the same This was the first section of the Pennine features of rolling hills that are largely Bridleway to be opened in the Yorkshire used for sheep farming with stone barns Dales National Park, and provides an and dwellings built from the local rock. additional 16km to the ride. However, it The lower land is often lush green fields also provides some stunning limestone and hay meadows, divided up by drystone scenery and views of the nationally walls, with spectacular waterfalls, woodland important Malham Tarn. This glacial lake and remains of former mine workings. The is one of only eight alkaline lakes in Europe, expansive heather moorland tops however, and at 377m above sea level, is the highest remain open and wild. marl (lime-rich mud or mudstone) lake in the UK. Whatever you choose, visiting the Long Preston village lovely town of Settle and enjoying the great Long Preston village provides a good facilities, whether it’s to sample one of refreshment stop, or even a stopover the many coffee shops, cafes, pubs or destination (although it isn’t far to the nice restaurants, or stay the night, makes town of Settle, which offers a greater choice for a recommended stop.

Yorkshire Dales National Park The Yorkshire Dales National Park covers Many trails have a history as well as most of the Yorkshire Dales, with the majority providing good riding, being a mixture of in North Yorkshire. There’s also a sizeable Roman roads, monastic highways, mining area in Cumbria and a small part in tracks and drovers’ roads. With something Lancashire. The park was designated to suit everyone, from hard stone trails to in 1954, and was extended in 2016, and moorland singletrack. The trails are generally provides a huge network of over 900km easy to navigate, not too technical, but with of bridleways, byways and green lanes. log testing climbs and fun fuelled descents.

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Settle Loop: Section 2 Cotter Force Settle to Hawes Waterfall

Distance: 50km Hawes Distance via Settle Loop: TBCkm

The Settle Loop Arten Gill Viaduct The Settle Loop climbs out into the Yorkshire Dales National Park and traverses limestone upland. The route soon leaves the back country lanes onto a rocky track, climbing stiffly up into the limestone outcrops. The climbing requires some effort, but the track improves and smooths out, Viaduct with a mix of gravel, grass and rocky tracks. Not much of a technical challenge, and with Ribblehead easy navigation, you can enjoy the stunning Railway Museum views. Jubilee Cave is along the route as you re-approach Settle, as is Victoria Cave, just off the route along a footpath. Victoria Cave has the largest cave entrance in Hull Pot Yorkshire, at 9m tall and 12m wide, while Jubilee Cave has two smaller entrances. Extend it: Just beyond the most eastern Gaping Gill point of the loop is Malham Cove, formed by a waterfall carrying meltwater from Cave glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age around 12,000 years ago. This superb example of a is thought by some to have inspired JRR Clapham Catrigg Force Tolkien’s fort of Helm’s Deep in Lord of Waterfall the Rings, and was also used as a film Malham Tarn set for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This curved crag of carboniferous Jubilee Cave limestone, with massive slabs of rock Goredale Limestone pavement Craven Lime Works Malham and deep horizontal fissures (the result Scar A limestone pavement is a flat expanse Victoria Cave Cove of acidic rain on the soft limestone) of exposed limestone formed by a is a well-known beauty spot. combination of chemical weathering and 0 3 Miles SETTLE LOOP Back on the main route, rather than heading erosion, where many of these landforms Janet's Settle Malham straight up the valley beside the River have developed distinctive surface Foss patterning resembling paving blocks. 0 5 Kilometres Scaleber Force Waterfall Ribble, the Great North Trail route heads

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To the west of Cam Fell around Gearstones, down by the B6255 road, there are a number of caves and gorges, offering the chance to explore Craven Lime Works The land of caves, and bathe, such as Thorns At Craven Lime Works, south of waterfalls and gills Gill Bridge at Gayle Beck, Stainforth, SD 824/993, you can These hills are the land of caves, Katnot Cave, or Holme Hill explore a massive 128m oval lime kiln waterfalls and gills, with so many options Cave are all great, and the with 22 chambers which were filled, fired it’s hard to know where to look. One and emptied in turn to burn limestone. of the most famous is Gaping Gill and is also Built in 1873 and invented by Friedrich Ingleborough Cave, where Fell Beck pours just down the road, where Hoffmann, it is one of the largest over a lip of rock, falling 98m, making there is also The Station ‘Hoffman kilns’. it the highest unbroken waterfall in England. The water falls into a deep Inn barn and campsite. pothole and through one of the largest known underground chambers in Britain resurging by Ingleborough Cave. It is only accessible by footpathstock image though, so you’ll have to head there on foot from Clapham, past Ingleborough Cave and up on to the slopes of Ingleborough to Gaping Gill. With so many gills and waterfalls there are numerous opportunities for wild swimming. Try Ling Gill bridge which with its small weirs creates some pleasant paddling pools to cool down in. (grid ref: SD 803/789)

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The route continues to The countryside starts to become bigger viaduct, you’ll either want to be staying Knoutberry Hill (also commonly known as and bleaker and at the top of Cam Fell you at the Sportsman’s Inn at the bottom of Fell), which continues to provide climb and descend some have the option to bear west via Fell Cow Dub, or be in much need of their wonderful views (as far as the big long hills, starting where the route splits. The grassy descent refreshments. On a nice day the rocky, on a clear day) without any extra climbing. this way, across Gayle Moor, doesn’t look babbling stream beside the road is also very At the bottom of the dale, train with a climb up Cam Fell, too promising to start, but it soon becomes enticing, but the climb back up the hillside station and the Moorcock Inn awaits you, providing more stunning a better track, and provides a great, long is a tough one, so if you don’t need to drop offering somewhere to stay and eat, and and panoramic views of descent off the hill. This is met with another down, you can see the viaduct pretty well even an escape route home if required. climb however when you arrive at Dent Fell. from the top here anyway. The trail stays the barren countryside. With the option to go down to see the high to skirt around the edge of Great

Ribblehead Viaduct A few miles off the route, but also the most impressive structure Arten Gill Viaduct: on the Settle- Railway, and worth a visit if you have the Built between 1871 and 1875 from blocks time, energy and interest. Hundreds of railway builders lost of locally quarried Dent Marble, this viaduct their lives building this line, and in particular while building the is a magnificent example of 19th Century Ribblehead (then Batty Moss) Viaduct. So much so that the railway engineering. Its 11 arches carry the Settle-Carlisle railway line 36m above paid for an expansion of the local graveyard. Twenty-four of the ground. these huge stone arches still stand proud, some 32m high.

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Mallerstang Valley: Section 3 Hawes to Appleby-in- Westmorland Appleby-in-Westmorland Distance: 47km

Hawes Brough castle The long, fast and more direct descent towards the town of Hawes makes for quicker progress, as well as offering a good range of facilities in town if required, as well as taking you via the wonderful Cotter Force waterfall. The waterfall, just off the route, offers tiered rock slabs with water flowing Kirkby Stephen down to deep pools, perfect for plunging into (grid ref: SD 848/920). After this it’s a tough climb back up onto the moors, but Wharton Hall Lammerstang Castle ‘The Pennine Journey’ track levels out and becomes a nice undulating track along the side of the hill and all is forgiven. Along here are some sinkholes (or ‘shake holes’ as they are known in Yorkshire) that are left when boulder clay is washed into fissures in the underlying limestone, and are particularly common to this area. At Hell Gill there is a deep, almost enclosed Hell Gill Beck cavern with impressive rocks, with a dark Ash Gill Force, just off the waterfall and deep plunge pool. It is tricky route, offers a stunning to climb, so experienced people only will be waterfall, which is in full interested in this unusual dip (grid ref: SD Cotter Force 787/969). You also need to take care when glory in autumn or winter, Waterfall riding along here too, as slippery stone hurling millions of tonnes slabs, water bars and the sudden narrowing of peat-brown water over its 0 3 Miles of trails over hidden brows can easily catch crest, while in the summer you out, especially while you’re enjoying the views and daydreaming about converting you can walk behind the 0 5 Kilometres Hawes the old derelict buildings along here. sheet of water more easily.

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Eden Valley Today the Eden Valley is green, fertile A spectacularly scenic route, this line and peaceful, but in medieval times it was survived threats of closure in the 1960s vulnerable to Scottish raids and the reason and was saved again from extinction by for a number of peel (or ‘pele’) towers being the efforts of local enthusiasts and local built around here and along the English authorities in the 1980s. The railway is a and Scottish borders. Keep a look out perfect means for accessing the Eden Valley, for these fortified keeps, which were built with stations at Appleby and Kirkby Stephen. with defence a prime consideration of their The River Eden, as well as being home to design, although confirmation of status some of the finest salmon and trout fishing and prestige also played its role. in the North of England, is home to the Eden Benchmarks, ten intriguing sculptures, The River Eden’s source is in the Mallerstang which also act as seats, such as ‘Water Valley, and is entirely in Cumbria, making it Cut’ by Mary Bourne in Mallerstang on one of the few large rivers in England that our route. www.edenbenchmarks.org.uk flows northwards. For much of its course, The trail now drops down into the valley Otherwise it’s mostly easy spinning along the river is accompanied by the famous bottom, where the Pennine Bridleway heads country back roads and byways, with no Settle to Carlisle Railway. south briefly, before scaling Little Fell and significant gradients or navigational issues dropping to finish at the A683 road. other than some field crossings along the However, the Great North Trail stays in the way as the route runs parallel to the River Mallerstang Valley, past the remains of the Eden. You could duck off to visit Brough Pendragon Castle, where secret pools in Castle, in Church Brough, just south of the river downstream make for a lovely Brough on the A66, around 3km off the celebratory splash. The Pennine Journey route. This impressive castle on the site bridleway may stay down in the valley, but of an old Roman fort was frequently the it’s a hard, grassy ride through the fields, target of Scots raids, and dates from about with no clear trail and millions of sheep 1200. It’s free entry and has a very good droppings to avoid, or splatter your bike ice-cream parlour. Otherwise it’s an easy and body with if you fail to do so. Instead and welcome finish to the epic crossing, the route goes up the side of the hill, the which delivers you to the pretty town of ruins of Lammerside Castle, a peel tower Appleby-in-Westmorland, with good facilities, and small castle built in the 14th century. including a train station, making it not only a There are cellars beneath to explore, and good stopover destination, but a lovely end Wharton Hall, an impressive 14th century to this epic section of the Great North Trail. tower house, built from local limestone. Arriving in Kirkby Stephen, you cross Stenkrith Bridge.

If you have the time (and good weather) it’s worth exploring upstream to find the sculpted pools and eddy holes in the limestone bedrock with small but deep and waterfalls. 20 21 Cycling UK Great North Trail – Part Two

Yorkshire Dales Campsites Hostels & Self-Catering Hebden Bridge Campsite Hebden Bridge Hostel Colden, Hebden Bridge HX7 7HT Hebden Bridge HX7 8DG www.hebdenbridge-camping.co.uk www.hebdenbridgehostel.co.uk 01422 844628 01422 843183 Bridge Holme Caravan Site Pack Horse Stables Self-Catering Cottage Greenberfield Ln, Barnoldswick BB18 5LJ Hebden Bridge HX7 7HX www.Bridgeholmecaravansite.co.uk www.packhorsestables.co.uk 07813 779801 07530 222426 The Dalesbridge Campsite and Cabins YHA Malham The Dalesbridge Campsite and Cabins, Austwick, , Malham, BD23 4DB Lancaster LA2 8AZ www.yha.org.uk/hostel/yha-malham?utm_ www.dalesbridge.co.uk source=google&utm_medium=maps&utm_ 01524 251021 campaign=google-places 0345 371 9529 House Campsite Silloth House, Austwick, Lancaster LA2 8DH Hill Top Farm Bunkbarn www.silloth-house.co.uk Back Ln, Malham, Skipton BD23 4DJ 07854 368832 www.hilltopmalham.co.uk Philpin Farm Campsite 3 Peaks Bunkroom Philpin Ln, Carnforth , Settle BD24 0HB www.facebook.com/Philpin-Farm-Camp- www.3peaksbunkroom.co.uk site-306690379480702/?locale2=en_GB#!/ 01729 860380 Philpin-Farm-Campsite-306690379480702/?lo- YHA Hawes cale2=en_GB Lancaster Terrace, Turfy Hill, Hawes DL8 3LQ 015242 41846 www.yha.org.uk/hostel/yha-hawes?utm_source=- Bainbridge Ings Caravan & Campsite google&utm_medium=maps&utm_campaign=- Hawes DL8 3NU google-places www.bainbridge-ings-countrypark.co.uk 0345 371 9120 01969 667354 The Byre The Old Hall Cottage Campsite Kirkby Stephen CA17 4HQ , Hawes DL8 3LZ www.oldhallcottagecampsite.co.uk Kirkby Stephen Hostel 01969 667691 Market St, Kirkby Stephen CA17 4QQ www.kirkbystephenhostel.co.uk Bowber Head Camping Site 017683 71793 Ravenstonedale, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria CA17 4NL 01539 623254 Low Greenside Farm Camping and Glamping Greenside Ln, Kirkby Stephen CA17 4LU www.lowgreensidefarmcampsite.co.uk 015396 23217 Pennine View Park Station Rd, Kirkby Stephen CA17 4SZ www.pennineviewpark.co.uk 017683 71717 Alanholme Campsite Long Marton, Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6BN www.alanholme.co.uk 017683 61628

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