Ingleton
Ingleborough
Hill Inn
SD 694730
SD 741746
SD 744776
Whernside
SD 738814
Kingsdale
SD 706790
Gragareth
SD 688793
Great Coum
SD 700835
Flinter Gill
SD 691851
Dent
SD 706868
Blea Moor
SD 772825
Stonehouse
SD 770860
Great Knoutberry
SD 788871
Keep well left on summit plateau to avoid missing descent path.
When approaching HILL INN, do not use the lane that passes the post office near Low Hill. Keep to the right
toward the checkpoint, which is situated by the metalled road to the north east of the Hill Inn public house. On
leaving the checkpoint, follow the road in a south-westerly direction and turn first right onto the metalled farm
track, which leads toward Whernside.
On leaving the WHERNSIDE checkpoint, do not take the direct route down Blackside Pasture, but stay on the east
side of the ridge wall (keeping the wall on your right hand side) until it can be crossed using the stile at NGR
724789. Proceed down High Brown Hill Pasture, using the marked gateway at NGR 714791.
Once through the KINGSDALE checkpoint, follow the flagged route to the gate in the top corner of the field. Cross
the next large steep pasture diagonally, using the stile in the top left-hand corner to cross the ridge wall
From GRAGARETH checkpoint heading along the ridge to Green Hill and GREAT COUM checkpoint, it is best to
keep the ridge wall on your right-hand side to avoid problems crossing intersecting wall junctions.
From the checkpoint at GREAT COUM, descend in a north-westerly direction to the relocated FLINTER GILL
checkpoint, in the far corner of the pasture. Note – shortly after leaving GREAT COUM checkpoint the ground
steepens considerably and there is some difficult ground to negotiate if the optimum route is not found (including
scree, tussack grass and drainage gullies). This can be avoided by a decending traverse to the right of the
escapement to meet the stone wall which can then be followed and used as a navigated “handrail” to FLINTER
GILL checkpoint.
After the FLINTER GILL checkpoint continue down the track, turning right at the end. Turn left after 400m, into
another walled track and follow this into Dent village. Turn right onto the main road which leads to the checkpoint
at Conder Farm.
Along road: 2nd right road just after small chapel: after 100 yds sharp left onto stony track, climb thro several gates.
When track levels bear left off it over rough ground, cross fence, descend and aim for right hand tunnel chimney,
crossing and ascending through marshy ground to summit.
Leave on 0 deg: cross fence and ahead on 0 deg aiming for tunnel chimney low down adjacent to fence / cleared
woodland: follow path through woods then field paths, railway on right, to farm. Ahead onto road.
When leaving the STONE HOUSE checkpoint, go back over the road bridge and up the walled track which passes
under the viaduct. At the end of the walled section, marked by a beacon at NGR 794862, turn left and head in a
northerly direction to GREAT KNOUTBERRY.
After visiting the checkpoint, return to the beacon before proceeding to REDSHAW.
On leaving the beacon the marked Pennine (may be Dales Bridleway) Bridleway at NGR 792861 takes a higher
route towards Redshaw and avoids some boggy lower ground.
Prior to the REDSHAW checkpoint, pass through the gate at NGR 794848 which will be marked with a flashing
beacon. Cross the field diagonally and use the stile in the opposite corner by the checkpoint.
Redshaw
Snaizeholme
SD 797843
SD 809842
Dodd Fell
SD 841846
Fleet Moss
SD 860838
Middle Tongue
SD 906803
Hell Gap
Cray
SD 936818
SD 944803
Buckden Pike
SD 961788
Top Mere
Park Rash
SD 965753
SD 986756
Great Whernside
SE 002739
Capplestone Gate
SE 002699
Yarnbury
SE 015659
Threshfield (Upper SD 993639
Wharfedale School)
When leaving the REDSHAW checkpoint, follow the south side of the fence to SNAIZEHOLME.
When leaving SNAIZEHOLME checkpoint, follow the fence line (keeping the fence on your left-hand side) for 1 km
to join the Ribble Way path. Pass through the gate on your left and follow the path contouring around the rim of
Grove Head to join the metalled road (Cam Road). Left (N) onto track at Kidhow Gate for about 600 yd, then bear
right (60 deg) up hillside to Dodd trig, which is not visible until near.
140 deg from trig, making for fence / corner ahead, don’t lose height too soon. Between the DODD FELL and FLEET
MOSS checkpoints, use the route through two gates, (at NGRs 851837 and 855836), following the track eastward
to the road below FLEET MOSS. Back up the road.
(See line on map for route to Cray. Fences / corners are good guide to Middle Tongue: after, much is pathless.)
The MIDDLE TONGUE checkpoint (NGR 906803) has been lowered south to Yockenthwaite Moor to avoid an area
we do not have permission to use. Entrants must stay south of the district border when leaving FLEET MOSS,
taking a bearing towards High Pasture and not towards the edge of The Grainings.
HELLS GAP (NGR 936 818) has a more southerly locations to avoid the same ‘no access’ area as MIDDLE TONGUE.
Again all entrants must stay south of the district border, heading over Cray Moss and not Stake Moss. (See map
below)
Down track to cray.
After the CRAY checkpoint, use the stile at NGR 9475 7981. Continue SE until you intersect a gritstone path which
ascends directly to the checkpoint at BUCKDEN PIKE.
When leaving the BUCKDEN PIKE checkpoint, stay on the west side of the wall, using the new gritstone path to the
Polish Air Memorial crossing to the east side of the ridge wall and follow it to NGR 965776 to a hand-gate in the
wall. Turn right through this gate and head in a southerly direction toward TOP MERE – initially pathless, diagonal
descent crossing broken walls, later several parallel tracks, to eventually meet wall on R.
Left through gate, ahead wall on R and keep on path by wall, ignoring paths L, until park rash CP is visible.
Downhill, pick up wall, through gate and ascend on steep boggy path wall on R to gate / stile, over then ascend
more gently, below ridge, following yellow topped posts to CP which is the last of several cairns on skyline.
Approx 160 deg from CP no clear path and continue ½ ml, (pass small cairn ?) to meet fence line, turn R fence on L
and continue to large cairn, then follow fence on L downhill past 3 bends. At 2nd LH bend in fence leave it and
continue 240 deg for 400 yd to path, turn L on good path and follow through gates/stiles for 1 ml to CP
On leaving the CAPPLESTONE GATE checkpoint, keep the wall on your right-hand side as far as the junction with
the green lane, once on the lane then bear left after the gate, following the flags and beacons on the footpath to
YARNBURY.
Down road, R at T in Grassington, over river and up to finish.