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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)

05-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Fountains Fell, from Pennine Way

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-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)

11-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)

11-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)

11-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)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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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)

11-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)

11-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)

11-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)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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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)

11-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)

11-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)

11-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)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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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)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Pen-y-ghent, from Silverdale Road

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Pen-y-ghent and Ingleborough, from Silverdale Road

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Fountains Fell plateau: fenced off mine shafts

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-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)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Fountains Fell plateau: view towards Buckden Pike

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-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)

11-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)

11-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)

11-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)

11-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)

11-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)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Cowside Beck Valley from Fountains Fell Descent

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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View to Cowside Crag

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Great Hill Scar, near Tennant Gill Farm

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-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)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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View from Knowe Fell into Malhamdale

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-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)

11-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)

11-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)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Cowside Beck

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Catrigg Force, upper part

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-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)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Catrigg Force, with foliage

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Catrigg Force

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-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)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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View up Ribblesdale to Ingleborough

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-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)

11-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)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Langcliffe in Ribblesdale, from elevated path

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-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)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Blua Crags

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Approach to Settle

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

11-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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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)

05-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)

05-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)

05-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)

05-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)

05-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)

05-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)

05-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)

05-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)

05-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)

05-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)

05-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)

05-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Stainforth Scar

SWC Walk 442 - Fountains Fell and Catrigg Force (Horton in Ribblesdale to Settle)

05-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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