Walking in the Dales

The Yorkshire Dales are very popular with walkers, with walks suitable for all abilities. 

Seven of the walks on ITV's 2018 "Britain's Top 100 Walks" programme were within the Yorkshire Dales/Forest of Bowland area - and all are accessible by public transport. Click here for details.

A wide selection of walks accessible by public transport is available on the Walking in the Yorkshire Dales website.
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Guides to 10 walks accessible by public transport in the Ingleborough area are available here. Ingleborough Walks forms part of the Ingleborough Dales Landscape Partnerships Stories in Stone project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and managed by Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust.

Details of any footpath closures and access restrictions in the Yorkshire Dales National Park area are available here.

There are several longer distance walking routes in the Dales area, including:

• Coast to Coast
• Dales High Way
• Dales Way  (click here for a guide to completing the walk in daily stages by bus & train)
• Herriot Way
• Nidderdale Way
• Pennine Way
• Ripon Rowel
• Six Dales Trail
• Three Peaks

 

​Guided Walks
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Several organisations organise guided walks in the Yorkshire Dales area:

The Friends of DalesBus organise a comprehensive programme of free DalesBus Ramblers ​guided walks in the Dales throughout the year, with walks on most Sundays/Bank Holidays and occasional Saturdays. Walks vary in length between around 4 and 12 miles. All walks are accessible by public transport.  The website also contains a summary of past guided walks to give ideas of walks accessible by public transport.that you might like to try on your own.

The Friends of Dalesrail offer a programme of free guided walks from the Settle-Carlisle and Leeds-Morecambe railway lines

The Friends of the Settle Carlisle Line offer a programme of free guided walks, with walks every weekend and occasional midweek days, all accessible by public transport..

Richmond Walking Festival offers guided walks through Swaledale and Wensleydale in late September plus a book festival.
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ride2stride is a festival of walks, talks and music along the fabulous Settle-Carlisle railway line. It's a week long celebration usually held in early May (2020 festival: 28th April to 4th May) of the wonderful landscape and culture of the western Dales and Eden Valley.

Details of guided walks and events in the National Park are provided on the Yorkshire Dales website.