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Independent Trails: Fact File.DWH2

Yorkshire Dales - Dales Way Highlights


Trail Facts

Total distance: 41 miles (65.5km)
Duration: 5 nights, 4 days walking
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 9 miles (14.5km)/12 miles (20km)
Season: March to October
Starting point of holiday: Burnsall
End of holiday: Sedbergh
Code: DWH2

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Burnsall.

Day 2: Burnsall to Kettlewell. 10 miles (16km).

Day 3: Kettlewell to Cam Houses. 12 miles (20km).

Day 4: Cam Houses to Lea Yat. 9 miles (14.5km).

Day 5: Lea Yat to Sedbergh. 10 miles (16km).

Day 6: Depart from Sedbergh.

Extra nights/Rest days

Burnsall has an idyllic setting; heather covered hills look down upon a village green complete with maypole bordering the River Wharfe, a sturdy bridge with massive breakwaters, an inn, church, school and ancient mullioned windowed cottages. St Wilfrid's church has many fascinating features; a tapsel gate - a lychgate with a revolving 'turnstile' entrance, a medieval Adoration of the Magi, a Norman inscribed font and Viking 'hog-backed' gravestones. The school next door was one of the countries earliest grammar schools.   Kettlewell is a good choice for a rest day. It is an attractive village, with miners' cottages lining the banks of the stream trickling through the village, a church, shops and no less than three inns reflecting its former importance as a river crossing on the old Wharfedale coach road.  Book an extra night in Sedbergh if you would like to explore the Howgill Fells.

What's included

• 5 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns, guesthouses and farmhouse B&B's.
• Full English breakfast.
• Door to door luggage transfer along the trail.
• A set of maps with the route marked on and a guidebook describing the trail.
• An information pack containing an itinerary, instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
• Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of your holiday and back from the end of it.
• Emergency assistance

Travel Information

Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is given below.

Most convenient major city and International airports: Manchester.  There is a regular train service from Manchester Airport to Ilkley (2 hours 20 minutes).  Bus from Ilkley Railway Station to Burnsall (37 minutes).

Outward journey from London to Ilkley: There is a fast and frequent service from London Kings Cross to Ilkley (3 ½ hours).  Bus from Ilkley Railway Station to Burnsall (37 minutes).

Return journey to London at the end of the holiday: Bus from Sedbergh to Kendal Railway Station (40 minutes). Train to London Euston (approximately 3 ½ hours).

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