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Settle Circular via Malham walk

From a pretty market town through impressive limestone scenery to the natural wonders of Malham: cove, waterfall, dramatic gorge, dry valleys, a stream out of caves, a very large tarn

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Malham Cove SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Malham Cove

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Gordale Scar, from the scrambling avoidance route SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
Gordale Scar, from the scrambling avoidance route

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]

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Limestone Crag on left SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Limestone Crag on left

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Watlowes dry valley (Ing Scar and Comb Scar) SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Watlowes dry valley (Ing Scar and Comb Scar)

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Wild garlic in Little Gordale Wood SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
Wild garlic in Little Gordale Wood

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]

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Wild garlic in Little Gordale Wood, Gordale Beck on right SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
Wild garlic in Little Gordale Wood, Gordale Beck on right

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]

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Janet's Foss on the Gordale Beck SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
Janet's Foss on the Gordale Beck

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Gordale Scar SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
Gordale Scar

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]

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Gordale Scar SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
Gordale Scar

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]

thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Gordale Scar with upper and lower waterfall SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
Gordale Scar with upper and lower waterfall

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]

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Gordale Scar, from the scrambling avoidance route SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
Gordale Scar, from the scrambling avoidance route

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]

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Gordale Scar: upper waterfall SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
Gordale Scar: upper waterfall

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]

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Gordale Scar: upper waterfall SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
Gordale Scar: upper waterfall

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]

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Gordale Scar: en route to the lower waterfall SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
Gordale Scar: en route to the lower waterfall

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]

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Gordale Beck above the waterfalls (upstream) SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
Gordale Beck above the waterfalls (upstream)

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]

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Gordale Beck above the waterfalls (downstream) SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
Gordale Beck above the waterfalls (downstream)

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]

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View back to Settle from early ascent SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
View back to Settle from early ascent

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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View up Ribblesdale from the early ascent: Langcliffe Mill and Stainforth Scar SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
View up Ribblesdale from the early ascent: Langcliffe Mill and Stainforth Scar

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Warrendale Knotts SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Warrendale Knotts

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Warrendale Knotts SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Warrendale Knotts

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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View ahead along Attermire Scar to Rye Loaf Hill SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
View ahead along Attermire Scar to Rye Loaf Hill

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Limestone Crags on left SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Limestone Crags on left

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Attermire Scar SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Attermire Scar

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Remnants of 19th century Rifle Range SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Remnants of 19th century Rifle Range

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Detail of 19th century Rifle Range: made by a firm based in Bishopsgate, London SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Detail of 19th century Rifle Range: made by a firm based in Bishopsgate, London

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Backview along Attermire Scar SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Backview along Attermire Scar

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Backview along Attermire Scar SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Backview along Attermire Scar

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Stockdale Farm and Rye Loaf Hill SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Stockdale Farm and Rye Loaf Hill

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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View back down Stockdale past its namesake farm SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
View back down Stockdale past its namesake farm

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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View back down Stockdale past its namesake farm SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
View back down Stockdale past its namesake farm

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Rising out of Stockdale... SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Rising out of Stockdale...

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Malham Tarm from high pass into Malhamdale SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Malham Tarm from high pass into Malhamdale

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Nappa Cross (monastic waymarker linked to Fountains Abbey, integrated into drystone wall) SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Nappa Cross (monastic waymarker linked to Fountains Abbey, integrated into drystone wall)

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Malham Tarn SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Malham Tarn

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Malhamdale and Malham village SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Malhamdale and Malham village

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Cave entrance to side of descent path SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Cave entrance to side of descent path

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Pastures leading down to Malham SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Pastures leading down to Malham

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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First partial sighting of Malham Cove SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
First partial sighting of Malham Cove

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Malham Cove SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Malham Cove

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Wall of Malham Cove SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Wall of Malham Cove

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Wall of Malham Cove SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Wall of Malham Cove

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Malham Beck emerging out of cave system at bottom of Malham Cove SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Malham Beck emerging out of cave system at bottom of Malham Cove

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Malham Cove and Beck SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Malham Cove and Beck

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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View down the tourist path up the cove side SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
View down the tourist path up the cove side

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Limestone Pavement at the top of Malham Cove SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Limestone Pavement at the top of Malham Cove

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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View down from lip of cove SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
View down from lip of cove

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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View down from lip of cove SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
View down from lip of cove

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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The Cove's curved lip SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
The Cove's curved lip

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Limestone Pavement at the top of Malham Cove SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Limestone Pavement at the top of Malham Cove

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Watlowes Dry Valley (usually dry anyway) SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Watlowes Dry Valley (usually dry anyway)

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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View back into Malhamdale from Pennine Bridleway SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
View back into Malhamdale from Pennine Bridleway

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Pen-y-ghent from return route SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Pen-y-ghent from return route

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Pen-y-ghent and Plover Hill from return route SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Pen-y-ghent and Plover Hill from return route

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Fountains Fell from return route SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Fountains Fell from return route

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Jubilee Cave entrance SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Jubilee Cave entrance

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Northerly end of Attermire Scar SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Northerly end of Attermire Scar

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Northerly end of Attermire Scar SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Northerly end of Attermire Scar

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Northerly end of Attermire Scar SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Northerly end of Attermire Scar

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Northerly end of Attermire Scar SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Northerly end of Attermire Scar

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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View from elevated path up Riddlesdale: Stainforth Scar and village SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
View from elevated path up Riddlesdale: Stainforth Scar and village

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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View from elevated path above Riddlesdale: Pen-y-ghent SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
View from elevated path above Riddlesdale: Pen-y-ghent

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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View from elevated path above Riddlesdale: Ingleborough SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
View from elevated path above Riddlesdale: Ingleborough

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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View from elevated path above Riddlesdale, up the dale SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
View from elevated path above Riddlesdale, up the dale

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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View from elevated path above Riddlesdale: Stainforth Scar and Pen-y-ghent SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
View from elevated path above Riddlesdale: Stainforth Scar and Pen-y-ghent

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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Blua Crags SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
Blua Crags

SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham

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