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
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Limestone Crag on left
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Watlowes dry valley (Ing Scar and Comb Scar)
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gordale Scar, from the scrambling avoidance route
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
03-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Malham Tarn and Great Close Scar, from lane by High Trenhouse
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Malham Tarn Variant of Gordale Scar Extension]
07-Sep-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View back to Settle from early ascent
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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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
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Warrendale Knotts
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View ahead along Attermire Scar to Rye Loaf Hill
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Limestone Crags on left
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Attermire Scar
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Remnants of 19th century Rifle Range
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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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
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Backview along Attermire Scar
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Backview along Attermire Scar
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Stockdale Farm and Rye Loaf Hill
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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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
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Rising out of Stockdale...
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Malham Tarm from high pass into Malhamdale
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Nappa Cross (monastic waymarker linked to Fountains Abbey, integrated into drystone wall)
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Malham Tarn
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
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Malhamdale and Malham village
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Cave entrance to side of descent path
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Pastures leading down to Malham
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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First partial sighting of Malham Cove
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Malham Cove
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
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Wall of Malham Cove
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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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
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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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
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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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
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View down from lip of cove
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Cove's curved lip
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Limestone Pavement at the top of Malham Cove
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Watlowes Dry Valley (usually dry anyway)
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View back into Malhamdale from Pennine Bridleway
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Pen-y-ghent from return route
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Pen-y-ghent and Plover Hill from return route
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Fountains Fell from return route
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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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
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Northerly end of Attermire Scar
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Northerly end of Attermire Scar
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Northerly end of Attermire Scar
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from elevated path up Riddlesdale: Stainforth Scar and village
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from elevated path above Riddlesdale: Pen-y-ghent
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from elevated path above Riddlesdale: Ingleborough
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from elevated path above Riddlesdale, up the dale
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from elevated path above Riddlesdale: Stainforth Scar and Pen-y-ghent
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Blua Crags
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham
12-Jun-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Wild garlic in Little Gordale Wood
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
03-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Wild garlic in Little Gordale Wood, Gordale Beck on right
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
03-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Janet's Foss on the Gordale Beck
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
03-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gordale Scar
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
03-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gordale Scar
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
03-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gordale Scar with upper and lower waterfall
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
03-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gordale Scar, from the scrambling avoidance route
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
03-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gordale Scar: upper waterfall
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
03-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gordale Scar: upper waterfall
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
03-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gordale Scar: en route to the lower waterfall
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
03-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gordale Beck above the waterfalls (upstream)
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
03-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Gordale Beck above the waterfalls (downstream)
SWC Walk 443 - Settle Circular via Malham [Gordale Scar Option]
03-Apr-24 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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