Malham cove walk map
The walk initially passes by the picturesque janet s foss before reaching gordale scar. All of the walks described here use the pennine way for some part of their journey.
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The malham cove circular walk starts in the main car park next to the visitor centre just south of malham village.
Circular from malham via gordale scar and malham cove. Walk 3 gargrave to settle via pikedaw 12 miles. A circular walk from malham in the yorkshire dales. Walk 1 malham circular 5 miles family walk walk 2 gordale scar and malham tarn 9 miles.
Ordnance survey explorer map 1 25 000 ol2 yorkshire dales southern and western areas. It s busy in the summer but busy for a reason. And that includes the three peaks. A gps file is available for download see walk description.
You could reach the site by following our settle to malham cove walk which starts from the train station. The top of the cove is a large area of deeply eroded limestone pavement of a strange pattern rarely seen in england. The walk heads on down the dry valley to reach the limestone top of malham cove before dropping back down into malham. There is also a leaflet called malham village walk which shows a nice short 1 hour circular walk around the village itself complete with historical details.
The cove is located about 6 miles east of the town of settle. The scenery alone is. The relevant map is os outdoor leisure 2. Take in part of the pennine way national trail cross the stunning limestone pavement of malham cove marvel at the enormity of gordale scar and get whisked away by the magical janet s foss.
Where this is the case the pennine way is not over laid on the map by the appropriate route colouring. The leaflet is excellent and includes detailed map directions drawings information and sketches of items of historical and geological interest. Walk 4 settle circular via victoria cave and catrigg force 8 miles a family walk walk 5 settle to austwick via stainforth force 6 miles a family walk back to yorkshire dales contents page. Cross the road and take the small bridge over malham beck.
The walk enables you to explore the cove both from the valley and from the limestone pavement on its upper level. The vertical face of the cliff is about 260 feet high. An alternative route is also described to the tarn. The circular course crosses some of the best limestone scenery in the dales and in turn visits janet s foss waterfall awesome gordale scar quiet malham tarn and finally the towering limestone scar at malham cove.
The backbone of walking in malhamdale is the pennine way which is shown on this map as a broad dotted green line heading more or less north south. If waters permit and your ability allows you can climb up gordale scar and head on to malham tarn. A short yorkshire dales walk that visits the dramatic malham cove. Leaflet map data ordnance survey os malham cove is a huge curving amphitheatre shaped cliff formation of limestone rock.
You are now walking on the famous well defined pennine way. Malham cove ordnance survey map view and print off detailed os map malham cove open street map view and print off detailed map. This spectacular walk is the southern yorkshire dales classic and probably the most popular of all walks in the national park. Map reading is essential for these walks.
The route starts from the village and returns by a different path. This short walk packs a lot in. Also see wharfedale walk 10 arncliffe to malham tarn 12 miles.
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