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 in the Yorkshire Dales accessible by public transport is available on the Walking in the Yorkshire Dales website.
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Guides to 10 walks in the Ingleborough area ​accessible by public transport are available here. These guides were created as 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.

A series of short strolls from stations on the Leeds - Settle - Carlisle railway line are available here on Grand Days Out leaflets.

Rail to Trail is a series of 12 self-guided walks along the Bentham Line. The walks combine into a 68 mile linear walk from station to station along the route from Heysham Port to Skipton.

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 Leeds-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 (2019 festival: Saturday 28th September to Sunday 6th October)
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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.