West Yorkshire 25-45s Hiking Group

A different way up Ingleborough from the norm.

Start Time: 10:00am PROMPT! Due to limited daylight. Will only wait for anyone coming by train.
Miles/Kilometres: 10.5mi/16.7km (by car - add roughly 3mi/4.8km to walk from and back to the train station) (Approx)
Total ascent: 650m (Approx)
Difficulty: Hard
Estimated length of time: Hike will take approx 5-6 hours (including a lunch break).
Dogs Allowed: Yes
Public Transport: Yes, train leaves Leeds 8:19am and arrives at 9:29am. Then will need to walk to Clapham village. If 13mi is to long for you but 10mi is fine then I am happy to give people a lift from Keighley, Skipton, Giggleswick or anywhere in between these stations.
BE SURE TO SELECT THE CORRECT CLAPHAM. NOT THE ONE IN LONDON!
Why is the train station not near the village? Trains were originally used for moving cargo/goods, not people.
Parking - Yorkshire Dales National Park car park at the village.
Payment: £1 - Use this link to pay: https://settleup.starlingbank.com/jamiepope1 - please put "Clapham" as reference.

Itinerary

Meet at the information board outside the public toilets. Once anyone coming by train has arrived we will set off. We start by cutting through the village to Cross How Lane and follow this to Old Road. We follow this road briefly before taking a footpath through the fields to the village of Newby.

We cut through more fields to the farming hamlet of Cold Cotes and then through more fields until we rejoin Old Road. We walk down the country road until we can take a path towards Ingleborugh which will have been towering above us this whole time. Up until now the walk is pretty much flat, 50m of overall ascent between the car park and here which is approx 3mi/5km.

Now the ascent up Ingleborough starts. We start off cutting through more fields with a gradual ascent to Jenkin Beck and cross over the stream until we come onto a dirt/farm road called Fell Lane. We follow this until it turns into a path. The overall ascent so far from Old Road is approx 100m spanning approx 1.5mi/2.5km. The next 1.5mi/2.5km is to the top of Ingleborough and is approx 400m of elevation gain.

Once at the top, hopefully the summit will be clear and we can enjoy the views out towards the Irish Sea, Lake District, Howgill Fells and Forest of Bowland. Once we ready we veer off the normal route off the top of Ingleborugh to descend down to Little Ingleborough. We then descend down to Gaping Gill (a big hole in the ground with the largest underground waterfall in the UK (or maybe just England?) which you can go down in August).

We then continue descending down through a stunning limestone canyon into woodland and pass Ingleborough Cave (must pay to enter it and I think you pay in Clapham). We end the walk by following the dirt road passed the lake here and then take a path back into Clapham, where we can go to a pub for food & drink.

Disclaimers

The walk organisers do not have training or insurance. Therefore, anyone who joins the walk is accountable for their own safety and anyone they bring with them. By signing up you accept this.

Check the weather (on multiple websites) before leaving your residence. Bring clothing & footwear suitable for the forecast. We advise you to bring walking boots for any medium or harder walk. Trainers are only recommended for easy walks. Bring a coat just in case (this is Britain after all...) and extra layers if it is going to be cold.

All proceeds go towards equipment for leading walks, group events & trips. A percentage will go to charities.

Bring a packed lunch and snacks. Bring enough food & water to last the estimated time.

We recommend bringing some cash just in case. Especially if parking. Not everywhere is contactless yet.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the walks organiser.

Join us for a hike in the Peak District and if you wish a walk a look around Chatsworth House’s Christmas Markets.

Start Time: 9:45am
Miles/Kilometres: 10.5mi/17km (Approx)
Total ascent: 400m (Approx) **
Difficulty: Moderate
Estimated length of time: Hike will take approx 5 hours (including a lunch break)
Dogs Allowed: Yes. They must be on a lead at all times when on Chatsworth House grounds as there is wildlife and sheep.
Public Transport: No, not from West Yorkshire, happy to give people a lift from Huddersfield or any train station in the Holme Valley.
Parking: Car park at Baslow.
Payment: £1 - Use this link to pay: https://settleup.starlingbank.com/jamiepope1 - please put "Chatsworth" as reference.

Itinerary

Meet outside the toilets at the car park

We start by following the Derwent Valley Heritage Way away from the house, across the grounds to Baslow village. We cut through the village and take a gradual ascent up a farm road to Eagle Stone (a rock that looks like an Eagle(?)) and then along the clifftops of Baslow Edge until we reach a main road which we cross.

We then continue along Curbar Edge for views across the village of Curbar before cutting in and heading to a trig point. We head across the moors back to the road we crossed earlier but at a different point. Walk down the road slightly to a crossroad. Cross the road and then follow a path around the crest of the hill to then walk along Gardom's Edge before again cutting inwards away from the clifftops.

We come across another trig point and then walk along to Birchen Edge clifftops which includes a weird monument called Nelson's Monument (perhaps a monument to Lord Nelson beating Napolean at the Battle of Trafalgar(?)). We come out at Robin Hood Farm/Pub and walk down the road slightly, crossing over to then follow a path into the upper part of Chatsworth House's grounds.

We follow the path until it joins one of the grounds roads. We follow the road until we come across a tower that I believe was where the ladies would congregate to watch the gentlemen hunting. We then descend down to Chatsworth House. For anyone that came only for the hike, feel free to go back to your car and head home.

The rest of us will go into the house (anyone who has brought dogs will have to enter via the garden entrance and wait outside the souvenir shop or explore the gardens without those that entered the house). Look around the house which should be decorated with Christmas decorations, we then exit out through the souvenir shop into the gardens. The gardens will have a lights trail to follow so hopefully it will be dark enough by now for this to be good. We can then explore the gardens for as long as we wish, they close at 5pm. Then head out and explore the Christmas markets before heading home.

Disclaimers

The walk organisers do not have training or insurance. Therefore, anyone who joins the walk is accountable for their own safety and anyone they bring with them. By signing up you accept this.

Check the weather (on multiple websites) before leaving your residence. Bring clothing & footwear suitable for the forecast. We advise you to bring walking boots for any medium or harder walk. Trainers are only recommended for easy walks. Bring a coat just in case (this is Britain after all...) and extra layers if it is going to be cold.

All proceeds go towards equipment for leading walks, group events & trips. A percentage will go to charities.

Bring a packed lunch and snacks. Bring enough food & water to last the estimated time.

We recommend bringing some cash just in case. Especially if parking. Not everywhere is contactless yet.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the walks organiser.

Start Time: 10:30am PROMPT! Due to limited daylight.
Miles/Kilometres: 4mi/6.5km if stop at Kirkstall Forge station. 9.5mi/15km if continue back to Horsforth station (Approx)
Total ascent: 353m (for the whole walk) (Approx)
Difficulty: Easy (if stop at Kirkstall Forge) Moderate if do the whole walk.
Estimated length of time: Hike will take approx 4-5 hours (including a lunch break).
Dogs Allowed: Yes
Public Transport: Yes, train leaves Leeds 10:06am arriving in Horsforth at 10:18am.
Parking - Park at the station at your own risk of a fine. Probably better to park on a street near by just be mindful of local residents, please.
Payment: £1 - Use this link to pay: https://settleup.starlingbank.com/jamiepope1 - please put "Horsforth" as reference.

Itinerary

Meet at the station outside the shelter for trains from Leeds to Ilkley/Harrogate. Inbetween the shelter and the disabled parking spots.

We start by crossing over Station Road and take a brief walk down Troy Lane. We take a back route through a small amount of woodland and come walk down to Low Lane. We follow this road then cut through some offices into more woodland. We cut through the woodland following the adjacent railway above us, passing a lake and a tunnell until we come to another tunnell. We take this tunnell under the railway into Spring Woods.

We walk through Spring Wood until we come out onto Silk Mill Way, it is then a short residential walk to Ireland Wood. We walk through Ireland Wood to Hospital Lane, cross over and cut through more woodland to Laith Road. We walk down this road, cross over Iveson Drive and then through more woodland to Iveson Approach. Cross over and enter Iveson Woods.

We walk through Iveson Woods to the other end of Iveson Drive, cross over and then enter Clayton Wood. We walk through Clayton Wood back to the railway, we follow the railway over the Ring Road and through woodland to a road called Butcher Hill. We follow this road over the railway and then to Hawksworth Wood.

We walk through Hawksworth Wood to Abbey Road, cross over and then walk down to Kirkstall Forge station and cross the railway into the woodland on the other side. We follow a path through the woods to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. We walk alongside the canal briefly to the nearby lock and cross over to the woodland on the other side.

We walk through the woods to Bramley Fall Park, cross the park and then walk through the woodland back to the canal but to a different lock. We cross this lock and then follow the Airedale Way (AW) along the canal briefly and then follow it to Pollard Lane. We contineu to follow the AW down this road, crossing over the railway and the River Aire to Newlaithes Road. We follow the AW along this road until it veers off back across the railway and then we walk alongside the railway until we are inbetween it and the River Aire.

We follow the AW along the River Aire to Calverley Bridge. We then veer off to Calverley Lane and follow this for a while until we can cut through along Bar Lane (a old dirt road). Cross over Rawdon Road to then cut through the residential area here to West End Lane, where we join the Leeds Country Way (LCW). We follow this road until the LCW veers off into Hunger Hills nature reserve/woodland.

Once we leave the woodland we also leave the LCW to veer off to St. Margarets Road which we follow to Station Road and then back to Horsforth station. Outside the roundabout before the station is a pub we can go into for food & drinks or there is also one across the railway.

Disclaimers

The walk organisers do not have training or insurance. Therefore, anyone who joins the walk is accountable for their own safety and anyone they bring with them. By signing up you accept this.

Check the weather (on multiple websites) before leaving your residence. Bring clothing & footwear suitable for the forecast. We advise you to bring walking boots for any medium or harder walk. Trainers are only recommended for easy walks. Bring a coat just in case (this is Britain after all...) and extra layers if it is going to be cold.

All proceeds go towards equipment for leading walks, group events & trips. A percentage will go to charities.

Bring a packed lunch and snacks. Bring enough food & water to last the estimated time.

We recommend bringing some cash just in case. Especially if parking. Not everywhere is contactless yet.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the walks organiser.

Start Time: 9:45am PROMPT! Due to limited daylight.
Miles/Kilometres: 11.5mi/18km (Approx)
Total ascent: 460m (Approx)
Difficulty: Moderate
Estimated length of time: Hike will take approx 5 hours (including a lunch break).
Dogs Allowed: Yes
Public Transport: Not directly from West Yorkshire (bus only runs on Sundays/Bank Holidays). Will have to get a train to Skipton and then get a bus to Grassington. Happy to give people a lift from Keighley, Steeton or Skipton train stations.
Parking - Yorkshire Dales National Park car park at the village. https://maps.app.goo.gl/nUmdRRfVMoqjiPws6
Payment: £1 - Use this link to pay: https://settleup.starlingbank.com/jamiepope1 - please put "Grassington" as reference.

Itinerary

Meet outside the visitor centre. We start by walking down the famous cobbled Sedber Lane to Linton Falls. Cross over the bridge and walk down Church Lane to the B6160, cross over and walk aloing Lauradale Lane to the hamlet of Linton. We turn off onto Garros Lane and follow it through Linton until it turns into a dirt road and then a footpath.

We follow the footpath through fields and along various becks until we come out at Threaplands Farm & Campsite. We walk through the farm onto Thorpe Lane. We follow this road until it merges with the main road to Grassington. We walk along the main road (there's a pavement to walk on) through the village of Cracoe to Chapel Lane and veer off onto it.

We then follow this dirt road to St. Peter's Church an veer off onto another dirt road called Bolton Abbey Bridleway. The next dirt road starts our ascent up onto the moors to Rylstone Cross (pictured). Up until now it has been a fairly flat walk with a small amount of ascent/descent through the farmland. The next bit is a 180m ascent up to Rylstone Cross. Where we can stop for lunch and enjoy the views from up here.

The ascent continues as we now walk along the edge of the hillside steadily up to Cracoe War Memorial (in the shape of an obelisk). This bit is approx a 120m ascent. If anyone wants to bag a trig point, there's one not far away and a bit higher up on Thorpe Fell. We now steadily descend off Thorpe Fell, down to Thorpe Fell Lane, we follow this road down and through the hamlet of Thorpe. We walk down Kali Lane back to the B6160 from earlier. We walk along this briefly before veering off onto a footpath.

The walk ends by following this footpath over Stickhaw Hill (barely any ascent to it) to Church Road from earlier. Then back over Linton Falls and up Sedber Lane to the car park. We can then go into Grassington for their Christmas markets, food & drink.

Disclaimers

The walk organisers do not have training or insurance. Therefore, anyone who joins the walk is accountable for their own safety and anyone they bring with them. By signing up you accept this.

Check the weather (on multiple websites) before leaving your residence. Bring clothing & footwear suitable for the forecast. We advise you to bring walking boots for any medium or harder walk. Trainers are only recommended for easy walks. Bring a coat just in case (this is Britain after all...) and extra layers if it is going to be cold.

All proceeds go towards equipment for leading walks, group events & trips. A percentage will go to charities.

Bring a packed lunch and snacks. Bring enough food & water to last the estimated time.

We recommend bringing some cash just in case. Especially if parking. Not everywhere is contactless yet.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the walks organiser.