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10th October 2013 - Ingleton Falls

Walk Details

​Distance walked: 6.2 miles

Total ascent: 1509 ft

OS map used: OL2 - Yorkshire Dales, Southern & Western areas

Time taken: 5.5 hrs

Route description: Ingleton-Ingleton Waterfalls Trail-Ravenray Bridge-Cheese Press Stone-Tow Scar-Twisleton Hall-Oddie's Lane-Ingleton Waterfalls Trail-Ingleton

This was the first time that I'd walked the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail and I enjoyed every step. There's fantastic scenery to see round every corner as you walk up the valley of the River Twiss and down that of the River Doe. I deliberately went on a weekday so that it was quiet.

The trail is on private land and in many places has been constructed and has to be maintained so a fee is charged for access. Current prices are as follows:

Adult ticket (16 and over)                                    £6
Child ticket (under 16)                                          £3
Family ticket (2 adults and up to 3 children)  £14

From the trail car park I followed the path up Swilla Glen to the bridleway under Twisleton Scar End. I then did the there and back visit to Tow Scar before returning to the bridleway to pass Twisleton Hall and follow the second half of the trail back to Ingleton.

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At the start of the trail
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Heading up Swilla Glen..
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The Money Tree. Damn, I didn't bring any pliers with me.
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As I cross Pecca Bridge the first Pecca Falls can be seen
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First Pecca Falls
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A little further upstream are the Pecca Twin Falls
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Then Hollybush Spout
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The highest and largest fall on the River Twiss is Thornton Force..
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The river cascades over limestone above the falls
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On the bridleway to Tow Scar
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Kingsdale from the bridge over Kingsdale Beck
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Whernside on the other side of Kingsdale
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The Cheese Press Stone. When I was last in this neck of the woods 18 months ago I somehow managed to miss it. I don't know how, there's nothing else like it around.
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Ingleborough from Tow Scar
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and Whernside
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The Forest of Bowland in the distance
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The high point on the right is Ward's Stone
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There's great visibility today so it was really easy to make out Morecambe Bay and the Lake District fells
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Another shot of Ingleborough from the cairn
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I've dropped down the hillside a little for a better view for a close up of the Lake District fells
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A change of lens lets me zoom right in on Dow Crag, Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Swirl How and Wetherlam
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A little to the right is Scafell, Scafell Pike, Broad Crag, Bow Fell, Great End and Great Gable. Even the pointed top of Pike o'Stickle can be made out.
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The trig point on Tow Scar
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Ingleborough from the trig point
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Ingleborough again but this time I've just past Twisleton Hall to descend to Oddie's Lane for the second half of the trail
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The scenic delights soon resume with Beezley Falls
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Then Triple Spout
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The path twists and turns through the rocky gorge
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Next are Rival Falls
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The river is briefly quiet before..
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..it plunges through Baxenghyll Gorge..
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..a there and back path out onto a footbridge allows you to stand above the gorge
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Snow Falls. The final named fall on the River Doe.
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There's still lots to see as the path continues with the river downstream...
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Then just outside Ingleton you get a view back up the gorge
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A walk through Ingleton will take me back to the car park

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