Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton to Settle) Walk
Easy exploration of a wild and remote fell. Return with views of green valleys, Malham Tarn and Catrigg Force waterfall. Finish along elevated path above Ribblesdale
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Catrigg Force, without foliage blocking the view
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
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Fountains Fell, from Pennine Way
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Pen-y-ghent across fields
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
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Malham Tarn from Knowe Fell
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Pen-y-ghent from top of Station Road, Horton in Ribblesdale
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Confluence of River Ribble and Hull Pot Beck, Horton in Ribblesdale
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
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St. Oswald's Church, Horton in Ribblesdale, with Pen-y-ghent in background
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Dub Cote Farm
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
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Horton Quarry and Ingleborough, from above Dub Cote Farm
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Horton Quarry and Ingleborough, from above Dub Cote Farm
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
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Pen-y-ghent's prow, from Long Lane
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Fountains Fell, from Long Lane
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Parish Boundary Stones on old trade route below Pen-y-ghent: Stainforth and Arncliffe
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Churn Milk Sinkhole
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
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Pen-y-ghent and Plover Hill, from Silverdale Road
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Pen-y-ghent, from Silverdale Road
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Pen-y-ghent and Ingleborough, from Silverdale Road
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Fountains Fell plateau: fenced off mine shafts
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Fountains Fell plateau: cairn and piles of stones
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Fountains Fell plateau: view towards Buckden Pike
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Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Fountains Fell: path side shake hole, fenced off former mine shaft
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Fountains Fell descent: mosses, bog cotton grass and streams
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Fountains Fell descent: mosses, bog, bog cotton grass and streams
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Fountains Fell Descent: View down the Darnbrook Beck valley towards the Cowside Beck Valley
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Fountains Fell Descent: Malham Tarn View
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Malham Tarn View
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
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Cowside Beck Valley from Fountains Fell Descent
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View to Cowside Crag
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
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Great Hill Scar, near Tennant Gill Farm
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Backview from Knowe Fell
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from Knowe Fell into Malhamdale
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Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Malham Tarn from Knowe Fell
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Southerly views from Knowe Fell to Rye Loaf Hill
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Pen-y-ghent beyond Westside House Farm, from Henside Lane
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Cowside Beck
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
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Catrigg Force, upper part
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Catrigg Force, lip
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
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Catrigg Force, with foliage
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Catrigg Force
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Winskill Stones NNR
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
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View up Ribblesdale to Ingleborough
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Limestone bands in Winskill Stones NNR
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Limestone bands in Winskill Stones NNR, with Pen y-ghent and Plover Hill in background
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Langcliffe in Ribblesdale, from elevated path
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Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View up Ribblesdale, from elevated path
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Blua Crags
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
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Approach to Settle
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
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Occasional stream emerging from halfway up Pen-y-ghent's eastern side
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Pheasant on wall at Rainscar Farm, Pen-y-ghent in background
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Pennine Way across top of Fountains Fell
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Darnbrook Fell from Fountains Fell
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Catrigg Beck just above Catrigg Force, at end of 'wettest winter in a long time'
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Catrigg Beck goes over the lip of Catrigg Force
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Catrigg Force, view from the top
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Catrigg Force, upper bit close-up
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Catrigg Force, upper bit
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Catrigg Force (lower part), without foliage blocking the view
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Catrigg Force, lower part
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Catrigg Force, without foliage blocking the view
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Stainforth Scar
SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)
Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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