Walk c319 Cross Wold from Dent Railway Station

This 6½ mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Dent Railway Station & will take about 3¾ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:6½mls (10.5km)
Ascent:1,227ft (374m)
Time:3¾hrs
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Route outline for walk c319:

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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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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The highest point of this walk is Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell) at 672m (2205ft). Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (124th highest in England, 209th highest in England & Wales)

Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell) is also known as an English Nuttall (166th highest in England, 280th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (38th highest in England, 647th highest in the UK).

The summit of Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Dales Way, 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. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Dales Way.


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The Yorkshire Dales National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer OL2 Yorkshire Dales - Southern & Western areas


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 98 Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale


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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk c319 Cross Wold from Dent Railway Station

In no particular order . . .

Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell) from Stone House Bridge

Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell) from Stone House Bridge

Photo: Dick Rix (4)

A snow capped Pen-y-ghent from Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell)

A snow capped Pen-y-ghent from Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell)

Photo: Christine Shepherd (167)

Arten Gill Beck Viaduct

Arten Gill Beck Viaduct

Photo: Alf Graystone (11)

A snowy Whernside though Arten Gill Viaduct

A snowy Whernside though Arten Gill Viaduct

Photo: Christine Shepherd (240)

St John's Church, Cowgill

St John's Church, Cowgill

Photo: Dick Rix (6)

Dent Railway Station

Dent Railway Station

Photo: Christine Shepherd (239)

Dentdale with Whernside (left) Calf Top (centre) and Aye Gill Pike (right) from Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell)

Dentdale with Whernside (left) Calf Top (centre) and Aye Gill Pike (right) from Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell)

Photo: Dick Rix (2)

The Arten Gill Beck railway viaduct with Ingleborough (far left) and Whernside (centre) on the horizon from Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell)

The Arten Gill Beck railway viaduct with Ingleborough (far left) and Whernside (centre) on the horizon from Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell)

Photo: Dick Rix (3)

Curricks on Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell) with Ingleborough (centre) and Whernside (right) beyond

Curricks on Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell) with Ingleborough (centre) and Whernside (right) beyond

Photo: Alf Graystone (10)

Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell) summit trig point

Great Knoutberry Hill (Widdale Fell) summit trig point

Photo: Christine Shepherd (163)


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