The line is OpenStreetMap's mapping of the route (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), via Waymarked Trails, with heights from a 30 m terrain model. Check the current official route before a long trip: diversions and permitted paths change. See the source.
Stages
A suggested split into 6 days of about 22 km (14 mi) each. The days are equal shares of the distance, not official stages. Each ends near the town or village named.
- Day 1 Ilkley to Burnsall 22 km · 22 km from the start
- Day 2 Burnsall to Buckden 22 km · 44 km from the start
- Day 3 Buckden to Ingleton 22 km · 65 km from the start
- Day 4 Ingleton to Dent 22 km · 87 km from the start
- Day 5 Dent to Whinfell 22 km · 109 km from the start
- Day 6 Whinfell to Bowness-on-Windermere 22 km · 131 km from the start
Summits on the way
- Far Close Hill · 13.1 km from the start
- Haugh · 17.8 km from the start
- Brown Bank Hill · 18.0 km from the start
- Stickhaw Hill 182 m · 25 km from the start
- Green Haw Hill · 26 km from the start
- Wisp Hill · 27 km from the start
- Kimpergill Hill · 28 km from the start
- Grandsire 251 m · 127 km from the start
- nameless (School Knott) 247 m · 127 km from the start
- Heathwaite Hill 195 m · 128 km from the start
The listed hills and the highest of 12 tops within 300 m of the line. The app shows them all. Lists from the Database of British and Irish Hills; other summits from OpenStreetMap.
Start and finish
Start: near Ilkley, West Yorkshire. 53.92870, -1.83052
Finish: near Bowness-on-Windermere, Westmorland and Furness. 54.36235, -2.91476
Places to stay
Rooms in the towns and villages along the way:
- Ilkley, West Yorkshire · The start Booking.com → Expedia →
- Burnsall, North Yorkshire · After day 1 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Buckden, North Yorkshire · After day 2 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Ingleton, North Yorkshire · After day 3 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Dent, Westmorland and Furness · After day 4 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Whinfell, Westmorland and Furness · After day 5 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Bowness-on-Windermere, Westmorland and Furness · The finish Booking.com → Expedia →
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Paths change, and the weather decides the day. The line comes from the source named under the map and the heights from a terrain model, so treat the figures as a guide. Check for diversions before you go, take a map, check the forecast, and turn back if it isn't right.
