Dales High Way
The Dales High Way, named by its creators as A Dales High Way, is a long-distance footpath in northern England. It is long and runs from Saltaire in West Yorkshire to Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, roughly parallel to the line of the Settle and Carlisle Railway.
Route
The Dales High Way starts at Saltaire, a World Heritage Site model village in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, built by Titus Salt on the River Aire. It climbs up over Ilkley Moor, passing the Twelve Apostles stone circle and the Swastika Stone, and drops down to the outskirts of Addingham before rising to follow high ground south of the A65 road, including Skipton Moor, and then enters the town of Skipton. From here it passes through Flasby and Hetton and crosses the inlet to Winterburn Reservoir before climbing to cross the watershed between Wharfedale and Airedale and drop to the bridge below Gordale Scar. It rises to the limestone pavement above Malham Cove, where it crosses the Pennine Way and continues across Kirkby Fell on the way to Settle.From Settle the route follows Ribblesdale to Stainforth, then goes by way of Feizor and Wharfe before heading for the summit of Ingleborough, one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks and the highest point on the route at. From here it drops down to Chapel-le-Dale and runs below Whernside near the Ribblehead Viaduct, going alongside the railway before crossing Whernside's northern slopes to head for Dentdale and share the route of the Dales Way through Dent. It leaves the Dales Way and Dentdale to follow higher ground to the north to reach Sedbergh.
From Sedbergh the path traverses the Howgill Fells, passing over Calders and the highest point of the Howgills, The Calf, before following the ridge over Hazelgill Knott down to cross the River Lune near Newbiggin-on-Lune. It climbs over Ravenstonedale Moor to cross the watershed into the catchment of the River Eden, dropping down to Great Asby and following Hoff Beck past Rutter Force and Hoff before crossing a final low ridge to reach Appleby-in-Westmorland.
The total ascent in the 90 miles of the route is 4,268 m
The route is roughly parallel to the Settle and Carlisle Railway, so walkers can walk sections of the path while using the railway stations at Saltaire, Ilkley, Skipton, Gargrave
Settle, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Ribblehead, Dent, Garsdale, Kirkby Stephen and Appleby.