Favourite Yorkshire Dales Walks- Dentdale and the Howgills

Here some of the best three walks in Dentdale and the Howgills:

1.Whernside from Dent

Start and Finish: Dent
Approximate time for the walk: 7 hours
Distance: 11 and a half miles.
Landscape: High Moorland and glacial landscape
Map: Outdoor Leisure Map 2, Yorkshire Dales, Southern and Western areas
Description of the walk:

A. Start from Car Park on the main street in Dent. Walk down the high street passing Sun Inn and George and Dragon, and bear left to Church bridge to over the River Dee. At the bridge, bear right up the right-hand side of the river. Cross the narrow concrete footbridge to the left hand side and then right to enter the Keld Habitat. Continue through the fields, to a road. Cross the road and into another field to join the Dales Way by the riverside. This leads to another road. Go up the road, up-dale direction and then right past a chapel and then immediately left onto Craven Way. Continue straight along this path for a good couple of miles as climbs up over open country to meet the Boot of the Wold.
B. When you reach the Boot of the Wold, turn right alongside the stone wall path and go straight up on this path, with Whernside in the distance. Follow the stone walled path directly (no diverges) to summit of Whernside. The summit is marked a survey pillar.
C. When you have reached the summit, turn right to head west to a stone tower. Turn right to the wall corner and follow the wall down the road. After steep down hill, take a path labeled Mire Garth, to reach Deepdale Head Farm.
D. When you reach Head farm, the path crossed Coombe Gill. Turn away from the beck and go through fields to the holiday cottage of Mire Garth. Keep below the wall and pass a cottage. Continue to walk roughly parallel to the river as you cross several stiles until a farm track is reached. Continue down the track and turn left along Deepdale Lane. Follow the way to a footbridge, cross and turn right, keeping with s tree-lined beck. Turn up above the fir trees to a gated stile and continue straight ahead. Continue on this path to met the road. Cross the road and continue along the Dales Way and the banks of the River Dee to Church then left on the road which leads back to Dent where the walk finishes.

2.Dentdale and Craven Wold

Start and Finish: Ewegales Bridge
Approximate time for the walk: 6 hours
Distance: 10 miles.
Landscape: High Moorland and glacial landscape
Map: Outdoor Leisure Map 2, Yorkshire Dales, Southern and Western areas
Description of the walk:

A. This walks from the camp-site in Ewegales Bridge. From the camp-site, walk along up-stream the river, which will soon lead Lea Yeat Bridge. Go up to the road and turn right down the road. Follow the road for just over 2 miles as leads as eventually leads to Bridge End Cottages. At Bridge End Cottages, turn right over pack-horse bridge to go through rush-filled fields to Dent head Farm.
B. Pass through the farm and follow the beck up to the railway. Continue steeply up through the conifer plantation and onto open moorland. Carry straight-ahead passing three ventilation shafts with. Half a mile after third ventilation shaft, turn off the track and cross over Little Dale Beck, and cross over the railway.
C. The route is joined by the Craven Way and the path continues straight up towards Force Gill, with Whernside to your left.
D. On reaching some limestone, continue straight ahead which leads down to Whernside Manor. At a path side, ‘Laithbank’, turn right, descending through some rush-covered pastures. Follow the marker posts curving right and at the last one head half right to meet a land stile. Continue straight ahead passing over a number of ladder stiles to reach a renovated farmhouse at Laithbank.
E. About halfway down the drive, turn off and go round the barn to continue up to clint and up to CoatFaw, then in front of old farmhouse at Hackergrill. Continue straight-across the fields meadow to reach Rivling. From this point, continue straight-ahead to re-join the road at Ewegales Bridge. This where this walk finishes and conclude

3.Carlin Gill

Start and Finish: Carlingill Bridge
Approximate time for the walk: 4 hours
Distance: 7 and an half miles.
Landscape: Glacial deposits, folded strata with golden-ringed dragonfly, dor beetle, parsley bettle, fresh water sponge.
Map: Outdoor Leisure Map 19, Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley
Description of the walk:

A. This walk starts from Carlingill Bridge. Start by walking up the side of the beck, crossing over to find the best route. Follow this path to Black Force.
B. After Black Force, there is an scramble to the top of valley. At the top valley, take the right folk to where a worn track comes in from the left. Cross the beck to the right and climb up the steep grassy bank to find a good path high above Carlin Gill. Carry on this fine track as it widens it way rounds the Whins End to descend to Ellergill Beck. Continue straight-ahead to reach Beck Houses Gate and pass through the farmyard to reach Howgill Lane.
C. From Howgill Lane, carry on for next mile passing through a number of farms, before regaining the road again. Go directly over the road to go through the Gate House farmyard and go up the valley, heading towards of Mire head. Continue straight-ahead through the bracken to reach the road once again.
D. Here turn left on road, for 1 mile to complete the walk and return to Carlingill Bridge.
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