The Dales Way - A Walker's Guide

Guidebook for the picturesque 78 mile walk through the Yorkshire Dales and the eastern fringe of the Lake District between Ilkley and Bowness on Windermere. The Dales Way is one of the gentlest multi-day walks in Britain, and an excellent introduction to long-distance walking. Route described in both directions.

The Dales Way

A complete guide to the Trail

Author

Terry Marsh

Cover

Paperback - Laminated

Edition

Second

ISBN_13

9781852844646

Availability

Published

Price

£10.00

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Front Cover (1)
Location Map (1)
Overview Maps (1)
Sample Routes (1)
Sample Photos (3)

Seasons

Any time of year. Spring and autumn ideal. May be more difficult to get accommodation in high summer and winter.

Centres

Bowness, Sedbergh, Dent Head, Buckden, Grassington, Burnsall, Ilkley

Difficulty

Suitable introduction to long-distance walking. Some quite isolated stretches, but never far from help/shelter.

Must See

Historic buildings, roads, bridges, etc. Landscape, flowers and wildlife. Bolton Abbey, Dent, Dales villages.

Harvey Maps have produced a single map depicting the entire route plus the links into Bradford, Leeds and Harrogate. At a scale of 1:40 000, this map is waterproof and GPS compatible, and available from Harvey, 12–22 Main Street, Doune, Perthshire FK16 6BJ, telephone: 01786 841202, fax: 01786 841098, e-mail: sales@harveymaps.co.uk, website: www.harveymaps.co.uk.

Ordnance Survey cover the route with three Landranger maps: numbers 97 (Kendal and Morecambe), 98 (Wensleydale and Upper Wharfedale) and 104 (Leeds, Bradford and Harrogate). These are to a scale of 1:50 000.

The new Ordnance Survey Explorer series of maps replaces the Outdoor Leisure and the Pathfinder maps, all to a scale of 1:25 000. To complete the Dales Way with Explorer maps you will need numbers 297 (Lower Wharfedale and Washburn Valley), OL2 (Yorkshire Dales: Southern and Western areas), OL30 (Yorkshire Dales: Northern and Central areas), OL19 (Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley) and OL7 (The English Lakes (South-Eastern area)).