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Yorkshire Water Way

N Yorkshire, S Yorkshire, W Yorkshire

166 km / 103 miles
The Yorkshire Water Way, commissioned by Yorkshire Water from outdoor writer Mark Reid who is well known for his Inn Way book series, visits many of the reservoirs in the Yorkshire Area. Published in two volumes, Volume 1 (Yorkshire Dales) combines with Volume 2 (South Pennines & Peak District) to create a 7-day long distance walk through Yorkshire from the Dales to the Peak District tracing the rivers and reservoirs of the Pennines.

The first volume describes a 41-mile walk from Kettlewell to Ilkley. This in turn is divided into 3 'day stages’ ranging from 11 to 18.5 miles: Stage 1 - Kettlewell to Middlesmoor (11 miles); Stage 2 - Middlesmoor to Pateley Bridge (11.5 miles); Stage 3 - Pateley Bridge to Ilkley (18.5 miles). From the wilds of Great Whernside and the source of the River Nidd, it passes through the beautiful eastern Yorkshire Dales following the rivers and reservoirs of Nidderdale and the Washburn Valley.

The second four-day section of the long-distance route takes the walker on from Ilkley through the valleys and across the Moorlands of the South Pennines through Bronte country and Last of the Summer wine country to the finishing point at Langsett in the Peak District. From Ilkley the route goes via Bingley Moor, Shipley Glen, Haworth, Top Withins, Walshaw Dean, Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge, Stoodley Pike, Cragg Vale, Great Manshead Hill, Baiting Reservoir, Blackwood Common, Slaithwaite Moor, Marsden, Wessenden Reservoir, Digley Reservoir, Winscar Reservoir and finishes at the Visitor Centre on Langsett Reservoir. The sections are Ilkley to Haworth - 16 miles, Haworth to Hebden Bridge - 12 miles, Hebden Bridge to Marsden - 16.5 miles, Marsden to Langsett - 17.5 miles

The whole worthwhile 103 mile route from Kettlewell to Langsett involves some 15300 feet of ascent.


Details:

Path Type: Other Paths
Attributes: Challenging
Lake/Reservoir/Loch
Moorland
Start: SD968723 - Kettlewell, N Yorkshire View on StreetMap
Finish: SE212004 - Langsett Reservoir Visitor Centre, N Yorkshire View on StreetMap
Open Date: 2008

Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Guidebook Yorkshire Water Way : volume 1 : Kettlewell to Ilkley  (Inn Way  - 2006 )
Guidebook Yorkshire Water Way: volume 2 : Ilkley to Langsett  (Inn Way  - 2008 )

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Route Profile:

167.6 km (104.1 miles)
4,701 m (15,423 ft) ascent
696 m (2,283 ft)  maximum height

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