Walk West Buck Stones (Ilkley Moor) from Ilkley
Easy moorland walking
This 6¼ mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Ilkley in the Forest of Bowland & South Pennines & will take you about 3¼ hrs to complete.
Detailed walk route map PDF | ||
Vital Statistics: | ||
| Walk No.: | wy127 | |
| Length: | 6¼ miles (10km) | |
| Ascent: | 935 ft (285m) | |
| Time: | 3¼ hours | |
| Grade: | ![]() | |
Route outline for this walk:
Ilkley - The Dales Way - Swastika Stone - High Moor - Overgate Croft Farm. West Buck Stones - East Buck Stones - Cowper's Cross - Whetstone Gate - Ilkley Moor - Grainings Head - Ilkley
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 |
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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.
Free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Explorer 297 Lower Wharfedale & Washburn Valley is not currently available
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Landranger 104 Leeds & Bradford, Harrogate & Ilkley is not currently available
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk West Buck Stones (Ilkley Moor) from Ilkley
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