Dent Station to Ribblehead
Walk 3 - By car/train or train: Dent Station to Ribblehead - 12 miles - 5½ hours - This walk is useful if the cloud level is low Back to Ribblehead
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Dentdale from Cowgill
Alight at Dent Station and follow minor road down hill. Turn left at bottom of hill and immediately over bridge turn right to follow path alongside river bank. This route eventually joins the minor road to Dent for about 300m at which point a gate and footpath bearing left is reached.
The path is well defined crossing a field and woods followed by three
fields, then bearing left to follow a vehicle track at Hackergill Farm.
After a series of fields Laithbank is reached. Bear right down farm track
turning left at minor road. After a short while look for a footpath on
the right leading down to river bank bearing slightly right to cross small
beck on the way. At the river cross footbridge and turn left follow river
bank for 1 mile until eventually forced to turn right to meet minor road.
Turn left along road and proceed into Dent.
In the return direction, leave village along right hand river bank at
Church Bridge to join minor road at Mill Bridge. Take the right hand fork
just before Whernside Manor. After 300 metres take left hand track known
as Craven Way and proceed onwards over well defined but exposed track
to Ribblehead (5 miles).
NB 2½ miles can be saved if Dent village avoided by turning left at Tommy
Bridge.
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Bistort in Dentdale