Methodist Chapel – Bentham Footpath Group

Ingleton to Cold Cotes circular

6.0 miles | 9.7 km | 164m Ascent | 6.8 Naismith miles | Don Cartledge
Picking a walking route during the winter presents challenges that don’t apply during the summer: Travelling time to the start of the walk eats into the available daylight, and so shorter more local routes are particularly attractive.
This week’s walk fits that description . . . but that sells it short: This compact route right on our doorstep offers great views, has a cafe on the route, visits a couple of idyllic dales villages, and has opportunities to either extend the route up onto the slopes of Ingleborough or onward into Ingleton. You could also shorten it in a couple of places if time is pressing.
The only downside is that you need to like stiles for this one – there are plenty of them.

Whitsundale from Keld

Moderate

8.1 miles | 13.1 km | 578 m Ascent | 11.0 Naismith miles | Jim Shuttleworth
Swaledale is a great place to walk, and Keld is always a good place to start; There is convenient parking at Park Lodge farmyard with a handy tearoom serving locally made ice creams during the summer season.
Swaledale is famous for its fast flowing river, and this is so because a number of side dales each with their own river merge with the Swale within a short distance of each other.
As well as Swaledale itself, this moderate walk visits three of the side dales that connect with Swaledale – East Stonesdale, West Stonesdale and Whitsundale.
Most of the route is on clearly marked paths – some of them long distance routes, and there is some road walking on quiet roads, so navigation should be simple. Be aware through that Swaledale can be very wet, and as you can see from the gallery, winter walks in this area can damp and windy. Don’t let that put you off though – this is a walk to savour at any time of the year.

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