Dales Way (NW to SE)

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83.7 mi
4,039 ft
26h55
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The Dales Way is one of Britain’s best loved, most written about, most beautiful long-distance walks. It is considered as one of the top hikes to do in the world. The Dales Way is an 84-mile (135 km) long-distance footpath in Northern England. The Dales Way passes through two National Parks: the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Lake District National Park. The first half of the walk follows the River Wharfe upstream to the main watershed of northern England at Ribblehead. The second half follows several river valleys (Dentdale, River Mint, River Kent) to descend to the shores of Windermere. Source: WIkipedia.

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Route origin

Based on: Dales Way (E to W)Private route
Author: Dromos

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Difficulty level: Extreme (93/100)

Length: 83.7 mi

Duration: 26h55


Total ascent: 4,039 ft

Maximal slope: 13.5 %

Average slope: 1.2 %

Net ascent: 180 ft

Total descent: 3,858 ft

Roads and subsoil

Paved roads: 20.3 mi (24 %)

Cobblestones: 0 ft (0 %)

Scenery

Car free roads: 15.6 mi (19 %)

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Urban area

Water rich area

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        Start and end of the route

        Closest address to start: Church Street, South Lakeland, United Kingdom
        Closest address to end: Station Road, Bradford, United Kingdom

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        Places of interest

        1. Storrs Hall

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          Storrs Hall is a hotel on the banks of Windermere in Storrs in the Lake District, Cumbria, …
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        2. Belle Isle

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          Belle Isle is the largest of 18 islands on Windermere, a mere in the English Lake District, and …
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        3. St Mary's Church

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          St Mary's Church is in the town of Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish …
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        4. Brant Fell

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          Brant Fell is a hill in the English Lake District, near Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria. It is the …
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        5. Windermere railway station

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          Windermere railway station serves Windermere in Cumbria, England. It is just south of the A591, …
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        6. Orrest Head

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          Orrest Head is a hill in the English Lake District on the eastern shores of Windermere. It is the …
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        7. Holehird Gardens

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          Holehird Gardens is an extensive 10-acre site located near Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is the …
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        8. Crook

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          Crook is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of …
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        9. High Knott

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          High Knott, marked on some Ordnance Survey maps as Williamson's Monument, is a hill in the eastern …
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        10. Staveley railway station

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          Staveley railway station is a railway station in Staveley in Cumbria, England. The station is on …
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        11. Windermere

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          Windermere () is a town and civil parish in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. In …
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        12. Burneside railway station

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          Burneside railway station is in Burneside, Cumbria, England. The station is situated on the …
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        13. St Thomas' Church

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          St Thomas' Church is in Stricklandgate, Kendal, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish …
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        14. Kendal Museum

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          Kendal Museum is a local museum in Kendal, Cumbria, on the edge of the Lake District in northwest …
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        15. St George's Church

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          St George's Church is in Castle Street, Kendal, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish …
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        16. Church of Holy Trinity and St George

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          The Church of Holy Trinity and St George is in New Road, Kendal, Cumbria, England. It is an active …
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        17. Kendal

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          Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the South …
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        18. Kendal Castle

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          Kendal Castle is a medieval fortification to the east of the town of Kendal, Cumbria, in northern …
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        19. Grayrigg

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          Grayrigg is a small village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. …
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        20. Grayrigg derailment

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          The Grayrigg derailment was a fatal railway accident that occurred at approximately 20:15 GMT on …
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        21. Holy Trinity Church

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          Holy Trinity Church stands in a country lane near the hamlet of Howgill, between Sedbergh and …
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        22. Firbank

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          Firbank is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of …
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        23. Sedbergh railway station

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          Sedbergh railway station was located in the West Riding of Yorkshire, serving the town and locale …
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        24. St Andrew's Church

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          St Andrew's Church is in Main Street, Sedbergh, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish …
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        25. Dent

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          Dent is the village where the famous geologist Adam Sedgwick was born in 1785. Adam Sedgwick was …

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        26. St John the Evangelist's Church

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          St John the Evangelist's Church is the Church of England parish church of the village of Cowgill, …
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        27. Great Knoutberry Hill

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          Great Knoutberry Hill, also commonly known as Widdale Fell, is a mountain located near Dent at the …
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        28. Stone House

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          Stone House is a locality at Dent Head on the River Dee, in the county of Cumbria, England, to the …
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        29. Blea Moor Tunnel

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          Blea Moor Tunnel is a 2,629 yd railway tunnel located between Ribblehead Viaduct and Dent railway …
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        30. Ribblehead railway station

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          Ribblehead is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and …
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        31. Ribblehead Viaduct

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          Aerial video of the 400m long Ribblehead Viaduct, opened in 1875 and forms part of the famous …
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        32. Pennine Way

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          The Pennine Way is a National Trail in England, with a small section in Scotland. The trail runs …
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        33. Yorkshire Dales

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          The Yorkshire Dales is one of the twelve National parks of England and Wales. The Dales is a …

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        34. Birks Fell

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          Birks Fell is a hill in the Yorkshire Dales, near to Hubberholme in North Yorkshire, England. It …
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        35. Grassington & Threshfield railway station

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          Grassington & Threshfield railway station was a railway station that served the villages of …
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        36. Thorpe

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          Thorpe is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is 2 …
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        37. Burnsall

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          Burnsall is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is …
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        38. Hartlington

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          Hartlington is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. At …
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        39. River Dibb

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          The River Dibb is located in North Yorkshire, England. It is a tributary of the River Wharfe. …
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        40. Barden

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          Barden is a civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It consists of the …
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        41. Beamsley Hospital

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          Beamsley Hospital is an Almshouse building at Beamsley, near Skipton in North Yorkshire, and …
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        42. Bolton Abbey railway station

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        43. Addingham

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          Addingham is a village and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is …
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        44. Swastika Stone

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          The Swastika Stone is a stone adorned with a design that resembles a swastika, located on the …
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        45. Heathcote

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          Heathcote is a Neoclassical-style villa in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by architect …
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        46. Manor House Museum

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          Manor House Museum, Ilkley, England, is a local heritage museum and art gallery, and was …
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        47. Ilkley Moor

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          Ilkley Moor is part of Rombalds Moor, the moorland between Ilkley and Keighley in West Yorkshire, …
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        48. Ilkley railway station

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          Ilkley railway station is a railway station in Ilkley, in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, …
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        49. Ilkley Grammar School

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        50. Twelve Apostles

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          The Twelve Apostles is a stone circle near Ilkley and Burley in Wharfedale in West Yorkshire, …
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        Storrs Hall
        Belle Isle
        St Mary's Church
        Brant Fell
        Windermere railway station
        Orrest Head
        Holehird Gardens
        Crook
        High Knott
        Staveley railway station
        Windermere
        Burneside railway station
        St Thomas' Church
        Kendal Museum
        St George's Church
        Church of Holy Trinity and St George
        Kendal
        Kendal Castle
        Grayrigg
        Grayrigg derailment
        Holy Trinity Church
        Firbank
        Sedbergh railway station
        St Andrew's Church
        Dent
        St John the Evangelist's Church
        Great Knoutberry Hill
        Stone House
        Blea Moor Tunnel
        Ribblehead railway station
        Ribblehead Viaduct
        Pennine Way
        Yorkshire Dales
        Birks Fell
        Grassington & Threshfield railway station
        Thorpe
        Burnsall
        Hartlington
        River Dibb
        Barden
        Beamsley Hospital
        Bolton Abbey railway station
        Addingham
        Swastika Stone
        Heathcote
        Manor House Museum
        Ilkley Moor
        Ilkley railway station
        Ilkley Grammar School
        Twelve Apostles
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