24 easy to follow walk route maps of all grades that include part of The Dales Way
The Dales Way is a 130km (81 miles) linear footpath connecting Ilkley in West Yorkshire, England with Bowness-On-Windermere in Cumbria, England.
The Dales Way is waymarked by named posts.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 18 miles (29 km) |
| Ascent: | 2,945ft (898m) |
| Time: | 9½ hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Dent - The Dales Way - Barth Bridge - Long Moor - Aye Gill Pike - Rise Hill - Little Snaizwold Fell - Snaizwold Fell - Cowgill Wold Moss - Crosshills Wold - Pikes Moss - Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell) - Arten Gill Beck - Dent Fell - The Dales Way - Stone House - Cowgill - Dent
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.25 miles (19.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 2,306ft (703m) |
| Time: | 6.70hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Dent - Flinter Gill - Green Lane - High Pike - Whernside - Wernside Tarns - Craven Way - Mill Bridge (Deepdale Beck) - The Dales Way - Deepdale Beck - River Dee - Dent
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12.75 miles (20.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,830ft (558m) |
| Time: | 6½ hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Dent - The Dales Way - Barth Bridge - Long Moor - Aye Gill Pike - Rise Hill - Snaizwold Fell - Cowgill - The Dales Way - Dent
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.5 miles (15 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,906ft (581m) |
| Time: | 5½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Buckden - Rakes Wood - Buckden Rake - Cray Gill - Cray - Crook Gill - Todd's Wood - Scar House - Strans Gill - Strans Wood - Yockenthwaite Moor - Yockenthwaite - The Dales Way - Hubberholme - The River Wharfe - Wharfedale - Buckden
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9 miles (14.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 19,112ft (583m) |
| Time: | 5.25hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Dent - Flinter Gill - Crag Hill (Great Coum) - Great Coum - Lancashire County Stone - Blea Gills - Nun House Outrake - The Dales Way - River Dee - Dent
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.5 miles (18.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,017ft (310m) |
| Time: | 5.25hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Grassington - The Dales Way - Lea Green - Old Pasture - Bycliffe Road (Track) - Kelber Gate - Kelber - Seeds Hill - Green Hill Pasture - Downs Pasture - New Pasture Edge - Yarnbury - Hebden Beck - Loss Gill Bank - Cockbur Ford - Bolton Haw Side - The Mere - Rocking Stone - Care Scar,Hole Bottom - Scale Haw - Knowles Lathe - Side Lathe - High Green - Hebden - The River Wharfe - The Dales Way - Linton Falls - Grassington
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9 miles (14.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,805ft (550m) |
| Time: | 5.25hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Wharfedale - Barden Bridge - The River Wharfe - Wharfedale - The Dales Way - The Strid. Strid Wood - Waterfall Cottage - Posforth Gill - Valley of Desolation - Laund Pasture Plantation - Smithyman Nook - Carncliff Top (Earl Seat) - Nanny Crag - Truckle Crags - Simon's Seat (Wharfedale) - Dalehead Farm - Eastwood Head - Howgill Lodge - The Dales Way - The River Wharfe - Barden Bridge - Wharfedale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.5 miles (15 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,404ft (428m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Dent - Flinter Gill - Green Lane - Bill Varry's Moss - Garnet's Man - Megger Stones - Little Coombe Hill - Ralph's Moss - Flow Moss - Robin Constable - High Pike - High Moss - White Shaw - Deepdale Head - Johnston's Lathe - Mire Garth - Dyke Hall Lane - Deepdale Beck - The Dales Way - River Dee - Dent
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9 miles (14.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,766ft (538m) |
| Time: | 5 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Buckden - Rakes Wood - Cow Close - Buckden Pike - Fox Memorial - Starbotton Fell - Tor Mere Top - Cam Head - Starbotton Cam Road - Starbotton - The Dales Way - River Wharfe - Wharfedale - Buckden
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5 miles (13.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,802ft (549m) |
| Time: | 4.75hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Buckden - Buckden Beck - Buckden Lead Mine - Buckden Pike - Fox Memorial - Starbotton Fell - Tor Mere Top - Cam Head - Starbotton Cam Road - Starbotton - The Dales Way - River Wharfe - Wharfedale - Buckden
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.5 miles (13.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,158ft (353m) |
| Time: | 4.25hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Grassington - Kimpergill Hill - Downs Pasture - Green Hill Pasture - Seeds Hill - Kelber - Bycliffe Road (Track) - The Dales Way - Bull Scar - Davy Dimple - Conistone - Little Lathe - Dib Dale - Bastow Wood - The Dales Way - Grassington
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.25 miles (10 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,548ft (472m) |
| Time: | 4 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Dent Railway Station - Crosshills Wold - Pikes Moss - Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell) - Arten Gill Beck - Dent Fell - The Dales Way - Stone House - Cowgill - Dent Railway Station
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.75 miles (12.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,057ft (322m) |
| Time: | 4 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Ilkley - The Dales Way - Swastika Stone - High Moor - Overgate Croft Farm - West Buck Stones - East Buck Stones - Cowper's Cross - Whetstone Gate - Rombalds Moor (Ilkley Moor) - The Dales Way Link - Gill Head - Ilkley Crags - White Wells - Ilkley
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.5 miles (10.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,227ft (374m) |
| Time: | 3.75hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Dent Railway Station - Crosshills Wold - Pikes Moss - Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell) - Arten Gill Beck - Dent Fell - The Dales Way - Stone House - Cowgill - Dent Railway Station
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5 miles (12 km) |
| Ascent: | 787ft (240m) |
| Time: | 3½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Windermere - Ellery Woods - Orrest Head - Near Orrest Farm - Mislet Farm - Heaning Farm - Blackmoss Farm - School Knott Plantation - School Knott - The Dales Way - High Cleabarrow Farm - Matson Ground - Heaththwaite Manor - Windermere
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5 miles (12 km) |
| Ascent: | 876ft (267m) |
| Time: | 3½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Grassington - Kimpergill Hill - Downs Pasture - Green Hill Pasture - Seeds Hill - Kelber - Bycliffe Road (Track) - The Dales Way - Old Pasture - Lea Green - Grassington
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.25 miles (11.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 991ft (302m) |
| Time: | 3½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Buckden - Rakes Wood - Buckden Rake - Cray Gill - Cray - Crook Gill - Todd's Wood - Scar House - Strans Gill - Strans Wood - Yockenthwaite - The Dales Way - Hubberholme - The River Wharfe - Wharfedale - Buckden
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.75 miles (11 km) |
| Ascent: | 607ft (185m) |
| Time: | 3.25hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Grassington - The Dales Way - Bank Lathe - Intake Lathe - Moor Lane - Hebden Beck - Loss Gill Bank - Cockbur Ford - Bolton Haw Side - The Mere - Rocking Stone - Care Scar,Hole Bottom - Scale Haw - Knowles Lathe - Side Lathe - High Green - Hebden - The River Wharfe - The Dales Way - Linton Falls - Grassington
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.25 miles (10 km) |
| Ascent: | 935ft (285m) |
| Time: | 3.25hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Ilkley - The Dales Way - Swastika Stone - High Moor - Overgate Croft Farm. West Buck Stones - East Buck Stones - Cowper's Cross - Whetstone Gate - Ilkley Moor - Grainings Head - Ilkley
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.5 miles (8.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 974ft (297m) |
| Time: | 3 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Staveley - Barley Bridge - Craggy Plantation - Spy Crag - Littlewood Farm - Birk Field Farm - Potter Tarn - Ghyll Pool - Hundhowe - Hagg Foot - The River Kent - The Dales Way - Beckmickle Ing - Staveley
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.5 miles (8.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,004ft (306m) |
| Time: | 3 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Dent - Flinter Gill - Green Lane - Nun House Outrake - The Dales Way - River Dee - Dent
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.25 miles (11.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 210ft (64m) |
| Time: | 3 hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Wharfedale - Bolton Abbey - The Dales Way - The River Wharfe - Wharfedale - Pickles Beck - Stead Dike - Posforth Gill - Black Sike - Bolton Abbey Aqueduct - Barden Bridge - Bolton Abbey Aqueduct - The Strid - Strid Wood - Cavendish Pavilion - Sand Holme - Bolton Priory - Bolton Abbey - Wharfedale
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.75 miles (7.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 880ft (268m) |
| Time: | 2.75hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Ilkley - The Dales Way - Grainings Head - Cowper's Cross - Whetstone Gate - Rombalds Moor (Ilkley Moor) - The Dales Way Link - Gill Head - Ilkley Crags - White Wells - Ilkley
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6 miles (9.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 531ft (246m) |
| Time: | 2½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Ings - High Fairbank - The Dales Way - Crag House Farm - Outrun Nook - Hag End Farm - School Knott - Schoolknott Plantation - Whasdike Farm - Ings
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