Gigha
Port Ellen
Campbeltown
High Cup
Portrush
Portstewart
Bushmills
Coleraine
Hamilton
East Kilbride
Shotts LOTHIAN
Penicuik
Motherwell
MIDLOTHIAN
EAST
Carluke
RENFREWSHIRE
Larkhall
Strathaven
Kilwinning
Lanark
Peebles
Ardrossan
Lesmahagow
Biggar
Irvine Kilmarnock
Brodick
SOUTH
Arran
LANARKSHIRE
Troon
Holy
Mauchline
Isle
Prestwick
Abington
Ayr
Cumnock
Maybole
Dalmellington
Mull of Kintyre
Girvan
Ballycastle
SOUTH
AYRSHIRE
Coldstream
Kelso
Selkirk
BORDERS
Jedburgh
Moffat
Lochmaben
Holy Island
Bamburgh
Alnwick
NORTHUMBERLAND
Otterburn
DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
Catsphairn
Ballymoney
Galashiels
Hawick
EAST
New Cumnock
AYRSHIRE
Cushendall
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miles uTime:
Ballantrae 5 hours uGrade: Challenging
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LONDONDERRY
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Berwick-upon-Tweed
Lauder
Primmill
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Rathlin Island
Glasgow
Johnstone
NORTH AYRSHIRE
Killean
DESTINATIONS | PENNINE WAY
Inishowen
Head
Largs
Millport
NORTH WEST
h
ville
Kennacraig
Islay
Rhinns Point
Lockerbie
Langholm
Amble
Ashington
Morpeth
Bedlington
Newbigginby-the-Sea
Blyth
Dumfries
New
Ponteland
Whitley Bay
Galloway
Cairnryan
Longtown
Gosforth
South Shields
Annan
to
grassy
path.
Keep
right
near
his
circuit
takes
in
arguably
the
greatest
view
in
England
Newcastle
upon Tyne
Newton
Stewart
Gretna
Corbridge
Hexham
RTHERN
Castle Douglas
Jarrow
Ballymena
Stranraer
Dalbeattie
Brampton
Maghera – the spellbinding
Gateshead
edge
High
Cup,
curving
right
to
horseshoe-shaped
valley
of
High
Cup
–
Larne
Sunderland
Carlisle
Washington
Portpatrick
cross stream,
dropping to large
from its best vantage point. The
route allows for full
Consett Stanley
Kirkcudbright
Magherafelt
Randalstown
Wigton
Whitehead
stream
at
head
of
High
Cup.
appreciation
of
the
apocalyptic
cleft
by
tracing
its
edge,
then
Moneymore
Alston
Antrim
Durham
Whithorn
Carrickfergus
Peterlee
Brandon
descending to its glacier-sculpted
floor. Little Dufton is a
Bangor
Maryport
Drummore
Cookstown
Burrow
Spennymoor
Holywood Donaghadee
Crumlin
charming
village
for
a
post-walk
pint,
too.
6.5km/4
miles
Hartlepool
Penrith
Head
ELA N D
Cockermouth
Workington
Bishop Auckland
Appleby-inDirections byBelfast
Steve Goodier.Newtownards
Backtrack to first stream and
Newton
Comber
Keswick
Westmorland
Carryduff
Dungannon
Lisburn
Aycliffe
carefully locate
right-of-way
Whitehaven
DURHAM
CUMBRIA
Middlesbrough
Lurgan
Craigavon
(path) dropping south-east
Darlington
Brough
Dromore
Egremontfrom
Portadown
Ballynahinch
Stoke
Killyleagh
right side of stream to go right
of
Scotch Corner
Portaferry
Armagh
Ambleside
Tandragee Banbridge
Richmond
3
Windermere
waterfall into valley. NOTE:Coniston
THIS
Andreas
Downpatrick
DOWN
ARMAGH
Catterick
an
RamseyIS ROUGH AND EXPOSED AND
Sedbergh
Northallerton
Keady
Ballaugh
Kendal
Leyburn
Castlewellan
Rathfriland
Hawes
ISLE
OF
MAN
NAGHAN
REQUIRES CARE. Once found,
Newcastle
Newry
Laxey
Start/parking Car park in
Peel
Thirsk
bay
Millom Ulverston
path drops into valley bottom,
Kirkby
Lonsdale
Castleblayney
Dufton,
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Douglas
Warrenpoint
2
Grange-overCrossmaglen
continuing after stream ends to
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Lanes, tracks and
Kilkeel
Ripon
Sands
1 Start
Carnforth
Barrow-in-Furness
Port Erin
Easing
cross two boulder
fields. After
paths, some rough sections.
Castletown
Dundalk
Walney Morecambe
ickmacross
Settle
The
descent
into
High
Cup
is
Lancaster
second,
continue
on
left
side
Isle of Heysham
4
Knaresborough
LOUTH
slippery and exposed and
Harrogate
developing stream, continuing to
Skipton
LANCASHIRE
requires
care. Avoid in mist
Wetherby
Ilkley
Ardee
wall corner, left.
Fleetwood
Stiles:
Garstang2
Keighley Bingley
Tadcaste
Yeadon
Colne
Clitheroe
Kells
Nelson Shipley
Blackpool
7.8km/4¾ miles
Leeds
S
Drogheda
Bradford
Garforth
Burnley
Kirkham
WEST YORKSHIRE
Preston
Todmorden
Stay ahead with wallLytham
left to
Nearest
town Appleby
St Anne's
Navan
Castleford
Halifax
Batley
Leyland
Brighouse
Rawtenstall
Refreshments
The Stag Inn in
cross stile over wall, left. Cross
5
Pontefract
Balbriggan
Wakefield
Southport
Trim
Dufton
Skerries
Chorley(017683 51608) Huddersfield
stream, cutting right, continuing
Rochdale
MEATH
Hemsworth
Thor
Standish
Rush
Public
toilets
At start
Bury
Bolton
with wall right. Cross boggy Formby Ormskirk
GREATER MANCHESTER
Barnsley
Public
Swords
Wigan transport Buses toOldham
SOUTH
Penistone
ground following wide track.
Malahide
Don
Dufton (Tues &Salford
Fri only), and
Crosby MERSEYSIDE
YORKSHIRE
DUBLIN
Maynooth
MANCHESTER
Carmel
Head
Stocksbridge
Lucan START
2.7km/1¾
miles
When this bends right near oldBootle
St (Tues
Helens only).
Penrith
See
Sale Stockport
Glossop
Celbridge
Wallasey
Dublin
Rotherham
Liverpool Warrington
Great down hillside, left,
ClondalkinExit car park, right, walking
Pass through, continuingMoelfre
with wall coming
traveline.info for details Cheadle
Orme
Altrincham
Prestatyn Birkenhead
Gogarth
Widnes
Dun Laoghaire
Sheffield
Tallaght Dufton
Maps Ordnance
Survey
ILDARE
through
village
wall left, climbing
to curveAnglesey
right
leave
track Colwyn
going
ahead
on
path
Holyhead
Llandudno
Whaley
Wilmslow
Workso
Bay
Runcorn
Naas
Dronfield
Knutsford 91 Bridge
Rhyl
Beaumaris
dge
Explorer
OL19;
Landranger
following lane
to
exit
houses.
by
wall.
Climb,
passing
through
to
cross
wall
remains
and
stream.
Llangefni
Flint
Holy Island
Staveley
Bray
Conwy Abergele
Frodsham
Buxton
Kildare
Northwich
Bangor Rise on path to join better track
Chesterfield
Descend,
going left as lane
kissing-gate, continuing rising on
Bakewell
Chester
Greystones
Middlewich
CONWY
Bethesda
DERBYSHIRE
FLINTSHIRE
Winsford
Congleton
Mansfield
levels following Pennine Way
track beyond in open ground.
Pass passing
solitary
tree.
Path
ends
Clay Cross
Denbigh
Caernarfon
Llanrwst
CHESHIRE
Mold
Matlock
Biddulph
NOTTIN
Ruthin
(signposted ‘High Cup Nick 3.5
through gate (flagpole) continuing Llanberis
after crags Betwsend, left. Continue
farmyard. Go
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Crewe
y
WICKLOW
Alfreton
Wirksworth
DENBIGHSHIRE
y-coed
Ripley
Kidsgrove
Wrexham
miles). FollowWicklow
rising lane
over stile (gate). Continue up
ahead over grassy bump,
following track
to reach
lane
via
Nantwich
Huckn
Belper
Stoke-on-Trent
NewcastleBlaenau Ffestiniog
Rathdrum
Ashbourne
Ilkeston
through gate. Continue to gate/
narrow valley ahead following
descending
half-left from
topRuabon
of it,WREXHAM
gate/gap.
under-Lyme
Llangollen
Porthmadog
No
Whitchurch
arlow
Beesto
path junction/sign. Pass
grassy path past large cairn, Criccieth heading left of
Stapleford
Uttoxeter
Balamarshy depression
Ellesmere
Pwllheli
Stone
Tullow
Derby
Long
Eaton
Market Drayton
through
climbing to pass cairn at valley
toGWYNEDD
go right on cart track going
left
12.8km/8
miles STAFFORDSHIRE Burton upon
Oswestry
Arklow gate going half-right
Wem
Abersoch
LOW
Trent
past gate (signposted ‘High Cup head. FollowBardsey
developing path to
of second bump. Follow track
Go right on lane,Stafford
following it
Loughboroug
wn
SHROPSHIRE
Island
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Dolgellauto cross stream (ford),
Gorey
Nick’). Rough track descends
pass large cairn.
Continue on track
descending
for about 1½ miles
to go rightRugeley
at
Barmouth
Newport
Mallwyd
W E X F Oover
R D brook (ford) rising up to
Shrewsbury
ris
past cairns staying ahead at all
rising up to pass through gate.
junction (signposted Cannock
‘Dufton/
Coalville
Lichfield
Welshpool
Telford
LEICESTERSH
uenamanagh
curve left. Stay ahead at right
times. Follow track along edge
Continue towards farm buildings
Knock’) descending to rejoin Tamworth
Leic
Tywyn
Walsall
Machynlleth
nniscorthy
Wolverhampton
fork climbing to gate/
High Cup, right, rising continuallyAberdyfigoing right
of them, curving leftMontgomery
outbound route
and walk back
Hinckley
Bla
Blackwater
Bridgnorth
Newtown
Nuneaton
West Bromwich
kissing-gate.
and then undulating to descend
to pass through double
gates to
toChurch
Dufton.
Ross
Stretton
Dudley Birmingham
POWYS
Stourbridge
Llanidloes
Bedworth
WEST MIDLANDS
Aberystwyth
Wexford
Clun
Llangurig
Kidderminster
Solihull
COVENTRY
Ludlow
There are
WA L E S
StourportBromsgrove
Knighton
Rugby N
on-Severn
Rosslareplenty of
Leamington Spa
CEREDIGION
Rhayader
Redditch
Warwick
rocks for a sit
Presteigne
Aberaeron
Llandrindod
Droitwich
Daventry
Leominster
New Quay
WARWICKSHIRE
Wells
down at the
Tregaron
WORCESTERSHIRE
Kington
Stratford
Bromyard
bottom of
upon Avon
Worcester
High Cup.
Builth Wells
Towce
Pershore
HEREFORDSHIRE
ShipstonLampeter
Cardigan
Strumble
Great Malvern
on-Stour
Head
Evesham
Hay-on-Wye
Newcastle
Banbury
Hereford
Ledbury
Br
Fishguard
Emlyn
Llandovery
Moreton-in-Marsh
Mathry
Tewkesbury
Bu
Brecon
St David's
Chipping
Norton
CARMARTHENSHIRE
Stow-on-the-Wold
PEMBROKESHIRE
Ramsey
Ross-on-Wye
Llandeilo
Carmarthen
Bicester
Cheltenham
Island
Newgate
Gloucester
Crickhowell
B
Abergavenny
Haverfordwest
St Clears
Kidlington
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Narberth
Monmouth
Witney
Ammanford
Skomer
Milford
Ebbw Brynmawr
Merthyr
Island
Haven
Vale
Blaenavon
Oxford
Carterton
Tydfil MERTHYR
Kidwelly
BLAENAU GWENT
NEATH
Stroud
MONMOUTHSHIRE
Neyland
Skokholm
PORT TALBOT
Cirencester
Lydney
Aberdare TYDFIL Pontypool
OXFORDSHIRE
Tenby
Pembroke
Llanelli
Island
Nailsworth
Glyncorrwg
TORFAEN
RHONDDA
Bargoed
Faringdon Abingdon
Chepstow
Neath
CYNON TAFF
CAERPHILLY Cwmbran
Swansea
H
Cricklade
Maesteg
Didcot
Tetbury
St Govan's
Risca
Wantage
SWANSEA
Newport
Pontypridd
Port
Caldicot
Head
Wallin
Malmesbury
Talbot
Port Einon
NEWPORT
Caerphilly
BRIDGEND
Swindon
Avonmouth
CARDIFF
Bridgend
Porthcawl
BRISTOL
BERKSHIRE
Cardiff
Chippenham
Cowbridge
Rea
Bristol
VALE OF GLAMORGAN
Avebury
Hungerford
Corsham
Clevedon
Barry
Newbury
Marlborough
Congresbury
Bath Melksham
Devizes
Weston-super-Mare
Kingsclere
Trowbridge
W I LT S H I R E
Cheddar
Basingstoke
Westbury
Lynton Lynmouth
Burnham-on-Sea
Whitchurc
Frome
Andover
Ilfracombe
Lundy
Minehead
Warminster
Wells
Pilton
HAMPSHIRE
Watchet
Glastonbury
Amesbury
Braunton
Street
Bridgwater
New Alres
Barnstaple
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Wilton
Winchester
Wincanton
SOMERSET
Bideford
Salisbury
South
Molton
Taunton
Hartland
Pet
Shaftesbury
Romsey
Wellington
Great Torrington
Eastleigh
Yeovil
Ilminster
Sherborne
Southampton
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