Whernside (Ribblehead Circular) walk
Onto Yorkshire's highest point along quiet back-of-the-hill route. Return through the limestone country of Chapel-le-Dale.
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![Whernside beyond a plantation SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896050692_5db1c20466.jpg)
Whernside beyond a plantation
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![Low Force Waterfall on the Force Gill SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897394470_d47aa6a5d1.jpg)
Low Force Waterfall on the Force Gill
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![Descent Route from scarp side path on Whernside, towards Ingleborough SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897314039_41ddef25db.jpg)
Descent Route from scarp side path on Whernside, towards Ingleborough
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![Roman Road snaking up Cam Fell, behind Ribblehead Viaduct SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897313629_c96021a06f.jpg)
Roman Road snaking up Cam Fell, behind Ribblehead Viaduct
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![Whernside from Platform 2, Ribblehead Station SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896970511_7ed74768b8.jpg)
Whernside from Platform 2, Ribblehead Station
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![Whernside and the Ribblehead Station Inn, from lane down from the station SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897216498_99864e8724.jpg)
Whernside and the Ribblehead Station Inn, from lane down from the station
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![Ribblehead Viaduct, with Whernside behind SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896052332_cd6569fb95.jpg)
Ribblehead Viaduct, with Whernside behind
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![Ribblehead Viaduct, with Whernside behind SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896970496_c6ba61107b.jpg)
Ribblehead Viaduct, with Whernside behind
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![The (delayed) 10.51 to Leeds about to cross Ribblehead Viaduct, with Ingleborough behind SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897315129_950930aa66.jpg)
The (delayed) 10.51 to Leeds about to cross Ribblehead Viaduct, with Ingleborough behind
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![The (delayed) 10.51 to Leeds on Ribblehead Viaduct, with Park Fell behind SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896052182_a22f557411.jpg)
The (delayed) 10.51 to Leeds on Ribblehead Viaduct, with Park Fell behind
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![Blea Moor Signal Box SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897394625_af0f0de2c2.jpg)
![Force Gill crossing the railway line in its aqueduct (bridleway to right) SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897315094_57d51ce445.jpg)
Force Gill crossing the railway line in its aqueduct (bridleway to right)
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![Blea Moor Tunnel Entrance SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897314954_821f7d47c7_z.jpg)
Blea Moor Tunnel Entrance
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![Ingleborough in the clouds (who would have thought?), from bridge over railway by the Force Gill SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897394480_d79d9d72e3.jpg)
Ingleborough in the clouds (who would have thought?), from bridge over railway by the Force Gill
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![Low Force Waterfall on the Force Gill SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896970191_2a96b19685.jpg)
Low Force Waterfall on the Force Gill
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![Looking back to Ingleborough along the Force Gill SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896969991_b88894ddc1.jpg)
Looking back to Ingleborough along the Force Gill
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![Spoil heaps and air shafts across Little Dale on the line of the Blea Moor Tunnel SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897394275_febc6012c3.jpg)
Spoil heaps and air shafts across Little Dale on the line of the Blea Moor Tunnel
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![Moss and Bog Cotton Grass SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897216043_a4882cd15b.jpg)
Moss and Bog Cotton Grass
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![Moss and Bog Cotton Grass SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897314729_41e97692da_z.jpg)
Moss and Bog Cotton Grass
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![Shake Hole by the Dales High Way, crossing the Craven Wold SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897314544_8776e1ff34.jpg)
Shake Hole by the Dales High Way, crossing the Craven Wold
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![Ruined hut by Duncan Sike, with Great Knoutberry Hill behind SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897394090_b26cf1d505.jpg)
Ruined hut by Duncan Sike, with Great Knoutberry Hill behind
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![Ruined hut on Craven Wold by Duncan Sike, with Great Knoutberry Hill behind SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896051567_e323e8b63e.jpg)
Ruined hut on Craven Wold by Duncan Sike, with Great Knoutberry Hill behind
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![Tarn on Knoutberry Hill (Whernside) SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897314484_d6f7b8e05a.jpg)
Tarn on Knoutberry Hill (Whernside)
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![Larger of the Whernside Tarns on Knoutberry Hill SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897393960_0a802dc92d.jpg)
Larger of the Whernside Tarns on Knoutberry Hill
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![Top of Whernside from Knoutberry Hill SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896969486_98d33ac1fa.jpg)
Top of Whernside from Knoutberry Hill
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![Ribblehead Viaduct from scarp side path on Whernside SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897393920_9a2e9b6b3b.jpg)
Ribblehead Viaduct from scarp side path on Whernside
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![Ingleborough from scarp side path on Whernside SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896051367_e257ca4f9a.jpg)
Ingleborough from scarp side path on Whernside
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![Ribblehead Viaduct, from descent route off Whernside SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896051182_4fe5a4abaf.jpg)
Ribblehead Viaduct, from descent route off Whernside
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![Ingleborough, across West Moss Plantation SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897313994_4ebe0f6abf.jpg)
Ingleborough, across West Moss Plantation
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![Backview up to Whernside SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896051177_1ba0dbcfb2.jpg)
Backview up to Whernside
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![Ribblehead Viaduct to the left SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897313849_7cd4806b7c.jpg)
Ribblehead Viaduct to the left
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![Backview up to Whernside SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897215278_90b88fbe2f.jpg)
Backview up to Whernside
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![Tree growing out of/from behind of a limestone boulder SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897393490_85d1db0f4a_z.jpg)
Tree growing out of/from behind of a limestone boulder
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![Some yellow flowers, West Moss Plantation, Ingleborough SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897313824_5bdd2c9f57.jpg)
Some yellow flowers, West Moss Plantation, Ingleborough
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![Whernside from track south of Ellerbeck Farm SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896968956_e39b286717.jpg)
Whernside from track south of Ellerbeck Farm
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![Limestone Bands, path side SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897215103_51360a51d3.jpg)
Limestone Bands, path side
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![Limestone Bands, path side SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897215098_2f5c299216_z.jpg)
Limestone Bands, path side
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![Whernside beyond a plantation SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896968801_a35247aacd.jpg)
Whernside beyond a plantation
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![Mossy Wall on descent to Chapel-le-Dale SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897313459_4728fb0cff.jpg)
Mossy Wall on descent to Chapel-le-Dale
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![Wild Garlic on Mossy Wall on Descent to Chapel-le-Dale SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897313464_cd8f7ba3e0_z.jpg)
Wild Garlic on Mossy Wall on Descent to Chapel-le-Dale
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![Wild Garlic on Mossy Wall on Descent to Chapel-le-Dale SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896050557_017ebd69c3.jpg)
Wild Garlic on Mossy Wall on Descent to Chapel-le-Dale
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![St. Leonhard's Church, Chapel-le-Dale SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897392935_e659458940.jpg)
St. Leonhard's Church, Chapel-le-Dale
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![Memorial Plaque for navvies who died at Ribblehead Viaduct and Blea Moor Tunnel, St. Leonhard's Church, Chapel-le-Dale SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53896050497_bf766eea90.jpg)
Memorial Plaque for navvies who died at Ribblehead Viaduct and Blea Moor Tunnel, St. Leonhard's Church, Chapel-le-Dale
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![The Winterscales Beck drops from the rockwall into a pot hole SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897214718_c43feffeb5.jpg)
The Winterscales Beck drops from the rockwall into a pot hole
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![The Winterscales Beck, dry on the surface, just before the pot hole SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897313114_07bce06b86.jpg)
The Winterscales Beck, dry on the surface, just before the pot hole
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![Ribblehead Viaduct from tarmac lane by End Moss SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897392805_a35600cb31.jpg)
Ribblehead Viaduct from tarmac lane by End Moss
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![Ribblehead Viaduct from the east SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897214583_a0d7c248ae.jpg)
Ribblehead Viaduct from the east
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![Ribblehead Viaduct from the west SWC Walk 438 - Whernside (Ribblehead Circular)](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53897392800_3aae4b6b88_z.jpg)
Ribblehead Viaduct from the west
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