Walk ny121 Simon's Seat from Barden Bridge, Wharfedale

Vital Statistics:

Length:	9mls (14.5km)
Ascent:	1,805ft (550m)
Time:	5¼hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk ny121:

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

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

0 English Mountains

0 Wainwrights

0 English Nuttalls

0 English Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

0 Marilyns

2 Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Simon's Seat (Wharfedale) at 485m (1591ft). Simon's Seat (Wharfedale) is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Simon's Seat (Wharfedale) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Carncliff Top (Earl Seat) at 449m (1473ft). Carncliff Top (Earl Seat) is known as an English Bridget.

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.

Free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:

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

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

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ny121 Simon's Seat from Barden Bridge, Wharfedale

In no particular order . . .

Me on a snowy Simon's Seat (Wharfedale)

Photo: Mike Knipe (48)

The view from Simon's Seat (Wharfedale) summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd (870)

Simon's Seat (Wharfedale) summit Trig Point

Photo: Jeff Stott (1)

Simon's Seat (Wharfedale) summit Trig Point

Photo: Christine Shepherd (869)

Beamsley Beacon (Howber Hill) summit cairn

Photo: Christine Shepherd (871)

The top of Simon's Seat (Wharfedale)

Photo: Jeff Stott (3)

Carncliff Top (Earl Seat) from the B6160 (Intake Plantation area) looking SE with the River Wharfe in the valley

Photo: Richard Lebeter (1)

Nearing the summit of Simon's Seat

Photo: Sandra Littlewood (5)

Having a brew on the top of Simon's Seat (Wharfedale)

Photo: Jeff Stott (2)

Simon's Seat (Wharfedale) summit from the West - the figures (middle right) give a sense of scale

Photo: Gordon Watts (3)

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