Walk ny122 Gordale Scar and Malham Cove via Shorkley Hill from Malham

Vital Statistics:

Length:	5mls (8km)
Ascent:	804ft (245m)
Time:	2½hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk ny122:

Malham  -  The Pennine Way  -  Gordale Beck  -  New Laithe  -  Mantley Field Laithe  -  Janet's Foss  -  Gordale Bridge  -  Gordale Scar  -  Gordale Bridge  -  Cawden Flats Barn  -  Shorkley Hill  -  Sheriff Hill  -  Malham Cove  -  Malham Beck  -  Malham

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The magnificent cliffs at Malham Cove are 70m (230ft) high.

When Malham Beck disappears into the ground at Water Sinks is not the same Malham Beck that emerges at the bottom of Malham Cove. It actually emerges at Aire Head some 4km further South.

Limestone Pavement like the top of Malham Cove is comprised of Clints(ridges of rock) and Grykes (the deep fissures).

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

1 Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Malham Cove at 319m (1047ft). Malham Cove is known as an English Bridget.

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.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ny122 Gordale Scar and Malham Cove via Shorkley Hill from Malham

In no particular order . . .

Above Gordale Scar near Malham

Photo: Sheila Holmes (3)

Gordale Scar in spate

Photo: David Wright (205)

Woodland near Malham

Photo: Brian Thompson (1)

Gordale Scar, Malham

Photo: Glynn Trueman (14)

Looking over Malham Cove

Photo: Anthony Morris (10)

The top of Malham Cove from Shorkley Hill

Photo: Chris Oldfield (3)

Malham Village from the top of Malham Cove

Photo: David Wright (209)

Looking over the edge of Malham Cove

Photo: Philip Hemsworth (12)

Gordale Scar nr Malham Cove

Photo: Anthony Morris (8)

Malham Village

Photo: Robin Grant (1)

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