Route outline for walk ny171:
Ribblehead - (The Old Hill Inn) - Ingleborough Nature Reserve - Humphrey Bottom - Ingleborough - Simon Fell - Park Fell (Ribblehead) - New Close Farm - Ribblehead - Gunnerfleet Farm - Ivescar Farm - Broadrake Farm - Ellerbeck Farm - Jingle Pot - Chaple-le-Dale - The Old Hill Inn - Ribblehead
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:
2 English Mountains |
0 Wainwrights |
2 English Nuttalls |
1 English Dewey |
0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
1 Marilyn |
0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is 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.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Simon Fell at 650m (2133ft). Simon Fell is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (145th highest in England, 249th highest in England & Wales)
Simon Fell is also known as an English Nuttall (193rd highest in England, 333rd highest in England & Wales).
You will also reach the summit of Park Fell (Ribblehead) at 563m (1847ft). Park Fell (Ribblehead) is also known as an English Dewey (49th highest in England, 113th in England & Wales) The summit of Park Fell (Ribblehead) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
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