Walk Route Map ny101 The Yorkshire Three Peaks from Horton in Ribblesdale

Walk ny101 The Yorkshire Three Peaks from Horton in Ribblesdale

Easy walking - but very arduous, very long and with 3 big ascents

Vital Statistics:

Length:	24mls (38.5km)
Ascent:	5,297ft (1,614m)
Time:	14hrs
Grade:

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Route outline for walk ny101:

Horton in Ribblesdale - Pen-y-ghent Cafe - Brackenbottom - Gavel Rigg - The Pennine Way - Pen-y-ghent - Hunt Pot - Hull Pot - Whitber Hill - God's Bridge - Brow Gill Beck - Nether Lodge - River Ribble - Lodge Hall (or Ingman Lodge) - Ribblehead - Blea Moor - Whernside - Broadrake Farm - Chapel-le-Dale - Braithwaite Wife Hole - Ingleborough - Pen-y-ghent Cafe - Horton in Ribblesdale.

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Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The Ribblehead Viaduct's 24 arches carry the famous Settle to Carlisle Railway Line for 400m some 30m above the surrounding countryside. Considered one of the great engineering feats of the 19th Century, there is a museum dedicated to the history of the line housed in Ribblehead Station.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

3
English
Mountains

0
Wainwrights

3
English
Nuttalls

0
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

3
Marilyns

0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Whernside at 736m (2416ft). Whernside is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (76th highest in England, 131st highest in England & Wales)

Whernside is also known as an English Nuttall (95th highest in England, 162nd highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (25th highest in England, 513th highest in the UK).

The summit of Whernside is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. Whernside is the highest point in The Yorkshire Dales National Park and the highest point in the county of North Yorkshire.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Ingleborough at 724m (2375ft). Ingleborough is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (83rd highest in England, 144th highest in England & Wales)

Ingleborough is also known as an English Nuttall (104th highest in England, 178th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (26th highest in England, 540th highest in the UK).

The summit of Ingleborough is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

You will also reach the summit of Pen-y-ghent at 694m (2277ft). Pen-y-ghent is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (108th highest in England, 179th highest in England & Wales)

Pen-y-ghent is also known as an English Nuttall (142nd highest in England, 233rd highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (33rd highest in England, 606th highest in the UK).

The summit of Pen-y-ghent is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Pennine Way, a 404km (251 miles) linear footpath connecting Edale in Derbyshire, England with Kirk Yetholm in The Borders, Scotland. The Pennine Way is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Pennine Way.

You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

The Yorkshire Dales National Park

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

OL2 Yorkshire Dales - Southern & Western areas

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

98 Wensleydale & Upper Wharfedale

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ny101 The Yorkshire Three Peaks from Horton in Ribblesdale

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Walk ny101 The Yorkshire Three Peaks from Horton in Ribblesdale - Hayley Me and Jo on top of Whernside Summit - giving the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge Walk another bash

Hayley Me and Jo on top of Whernside Summit - giving the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge Walk another bash

Photo: David Buckley (2)

Horton in Ribblesdale Station

Photo: Colin Fawcett (1)

Walk ny101 The Yorkshire Three Peaks from Horton in Ribblesdale - Approaching Pen-y-ghent from Brackenbottom on The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge

Approaching Pen-y-ghent from Brackenbottom on The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge

Photo: Danny Young (4)

Pen-y-ghent from Brackenbottom Scar

Photo: Simon Barnett (20)

Pen-y-ghent from The Pennine Way near Hull Pot

Photo: Paul Harrison (23)

*Ingleborough and Whernside from The Pennine Way near Hull Pot

Photo: Wayne Hill (43)

The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge - approaching Pen-y-ghent

Photo: William Ringwood (2)

The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge - approaching Pen-y-ghent from Brackenbottom

Photo: William Ringwood (1)

Walk ny101 The Yorkshire Three Peaks from Horton in Ribblesdale - Whernside (left), The Ribblehead Viaduct (centre) and Park Fell (right) from the summit of Ingleborough

Whernside (left), The Ribblehead Viaduct (centre) and Park Fell (right) from the summit of Ingleborough

Photo: James Russell (2)

Alan, Pete, Stuart, Richard and Jess the Dog on Ingleborough.

Photo: Richard Turner (1)

Pen-y-ghent from The Pennine Way on Gavel Rigg

Photo: Paul Harrison (13)

Hull Pot and a frozen Hull Pot Beck

Photo: Peter Harrison (10)

Pen-y-ghent from the Pennine Way near Hunt Pot

Photo: Peter Harrison (12)

Pen-y-ghent summit

Photo: Paul Harrison (16)

The River Ribble

Photo: Paul Harrison (31)

Blea Moor Signal Box with Whernside beyond

Photo: Wayne Hill (66)

Ingleborough from Chapel-le-Dale

Photo: Phil Hart (3)

The long haul back to Horton in Ribblesdale from Ingleborough

Photo: David Hayter (330)

Entrance to Jingle Pot in Chapel-le-Dale

Photo: David Leak (20)

Justin at Pen-y-Ghent summit trig point

Photo: Jon Snow (1)

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