This grouping covers the National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Pennines (North Pennines, Yorkshire Dales and Nidderdale) plus, as an overlap with the next-door grouping to the south, the upland area bounded by Hellifield, Ilkley, Halifax and Burnley. Hadrian’s Wall forms the northern boundary.
Routes
Calderdale Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap <10km
A walk of 80km making a circuit, mainly in the hills above the towns in Calderdale, passing close to stations at Todmorden and Brighouse.
Dales Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A route of 127km between Ilkley and Bowness-on-Windermere.
Image: Dusk falls on Windermere at Bowness
Dales Way: Bradford Link
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A 20km walk linking the centre of Bradford with the Dales Way at Ilkley.
Dales Way: Harrogate Link
Length <60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 27km walk linking the centre of Harrogate with the Dales Way at Ilkley.
Dales Way: Leeds Link
Length <60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 35km walk linking the centre of Leeds with the Dales Way at Ilkley.
Hadrian’s Wall Path
Length >60km
Max transport gap > 30km
A 146km walk between Bowness-on-Solway and Segedunum (Wallsend).
Haworth to Hebden Bridge walk
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A 10km walk between Haworth and Hebden Bridge.
Pennine Bridleway
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A walk (or ride) of 593km between Middleton Top and Cote Moor.
Pennine Way
A walk of 422km between Edale and Kirk Yetholm; this National Trail does not qualify as a Green Walk. In addition to the 45km gap between Byrness (sketchy bus service) and Kirk Yetholm, buses connect with different settlements from the next access point in many areas.
Ribble Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A walk of 112km from Ribblehead station, via the source of the River Ribble, to the Dolphin Inn near Longton, where the Ribble meets the Irish Sea.
Teesdale Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap > 30km
A 148km walk between Dufton in Cumbria and Teesmouth.
Weardale Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A 119km walk between Killhope and the sea at Sunderland.
Worth Way (West Yorkshire)
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A walk of 18km creating a loop between Keighley and Oxenhope.
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