25th August 2025 - Ingleborough
Walk Details
Distance walked: 10.0 miles
Total ascent: 2216 ft
OS map used: OL2 - Yorkshire Dales, Southern & Western areas
Time taken: 5.5 hrs
Route description: Clapham-Clapdale Farm-Trow Gill-Little Ingleborough-Ingleborough-Dales High Way-Pennine Bridleway-Long Scar-Long Lane-Clapham
It's Bank Holiday Monday and for our last walk together of a long weekend, me and my friend from Ireland have met up in Clapham. I'd decided on a route that I've done many times; Ingleborough via Trow Gill and Little Ingleborough, with a return to Clapham by the path across Simon Fell Breast, Long Scar, and the track of Long Lane. There's plenty of variety in the scenery, from the limestone features of Trow Gill and Gaping Gill to the great views from the summit of Ingleborough. The sunshine arrived for this final walk, with a forecast of a very warm and sunny day. We set off from Clapham with blue skies and sunshine, and it stayed that way for the rest of the day, with just a little fair weather cloud in the afternoon and a breeze on the moors to give some relief from the heat.
From the NP car park in Clapham we walked through the village and onto the track to Clapdale Farm, signposted for Ingleborough. We followed this up to Clapdale Farm, then went through the farmyard and onto a path down to the track that leaves the Ingleborough Hall Estate. We turned left here and walked along the track to Ingleborough Cave, where we picked up the path up Trow Gill and onto the open moor. The path up Little Ingleborough was then taken (after a detour to Gaping Gill), and then on up to the summit of Ingleborough, where we stopped for lunch. After this break we made our way to the eastern end of the summit plateau and took the Dales High Way trail down Simon Fell Breast and to Long Scar. From Long Scar we made my way back to Clapham down the track of Long Lane.
Total ascent: 2216 ft
OS map used: OL2 - Yorkshire Dales, Southern & Western areas
Time taken: 5.5 hrs
Route description: Clapham-Clapdale Farm-Trow Gill-Little Ingleborough-Ingleborough-Dales High Way-Pennine Bridleway-Long Scar-Long Lane-Clapham
It's Bank Holiday Monday and for our last walk together of a long weekend, me and my friend from Ireland have met up in Clapham. I'd decided on a route that I've done many times; Ingleborough via Trow Gill and Little Ingleborough, with a return to Clapham by the path across Simon Fell Breast, Long Scar, and the track of Long Lane. There's plenty of variety in the scenery, from the limestone features of Trow Gill and Gaping Gill to the great views from the summit of Ingleborough. The sunshine arrived for this final walk, with a forecast of a very warm and sunny day. We set off from Clapham with blue skies and sunshine, and it stayed that way for the rest of the day, with just a little fair weather cloud in the afternoon and a breeze on the moors to give some relief from the heat.
From the NP car park in Clapham we walked through the village and onto the track to Clapdale Farm, signposted for Ingleborough. We followed this up to Clapdale Farm, then went through the farmyard and onto a path down to the track that leaves the Ingleborough Hall Estate. We turned left here and walked along the track to Ingleborough Cave, where we picked up the path up Trow Gill and onto the open moor. The path up Little Ingleborough was then taken (after a detour to Gaping Gill), and then on up to the summit of Ingleborough, where we stopped for lunch. After this break we made our way to the eastern end of the summit plateau and took the Dales High Way trail down Simon Fell Breast and to Long Scar. From Long Scar we made my way back to Clapham down the track of Long Lane.
Route map
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Following the track up Clapdale to Clapdale Farm..
and then up Trow Gill..
Out of Trow Gill and onto the open moorland, and Ingleborough comes into view..
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Since we're passing we had to make the short detour to take in Gaping Gill..
Starting the ascent of Little Ingleborough
Simon Fell to our right
Looking back across Ribblesdale to Penyghent, Fountains Fell, and the hills above Settle
and to Pendle Hill in the distance on the right from higher up
On Little Ingleborough, with Ingleborough still to come
Pendle Hill in the distance from Little Ingleborough
Leaving Little Ingleborough and heading for Ingleborough..
Looking back to Little Ingleborough as we reach the summit plateau
Before stopping for lunch, a few photos of the view from the edge of the summit plateau. Starting with, looking across Chapel-le-Dale to Whernside and the Ribblehead Viaduct, with the Howgills, Wild Boar Fell, High Seat, Great Knoutberry Hill, and Great Shunner Fell in the distance.
and east along its northern edge to Dodd Fell Hill, Yockenthwaite Moor, Buckden Pike, Plover Hill and Penyghent in the distance beyond Simon Fell
Great Coum, the Howgills, Whernside, Ribblehead and Blea Moor
Lunch had, we resume our tour of the summit plateau. Part of the Forest of Bowland on the left with the village of Ingleton below as we look out to Morecambe Bay.
Looking across Chapel-le-Dale to Twisleton Scars, Gragareth, and Great Coum. The visibility isn't good enough to clearly make out the Lake District fells in the distance.
At the trig point on Ingleborough
Little Ingleborough below, with Pendle Hill in the distance
Penyghent, Fountains Fell, Ribblesdale, Moughton and the hills around Settle
Simon Fell below as we return to the eastern end of the plateau
and looking across Ribblesdale to Penyghent and Fountains Fell
Leaving Ingleborough we take the path down from the eastern end of the summit plateau
Heading down onto the path across Simon Fell Breast
Looking back to Ingleborough
and across Ribblesdale to Penyghent and Fountains Fell
Approaching the limestone pavement of Sulber
Looking back to Simon Fell
We've left the path to Horton for the one to Long Scar, and fortunately there's a path to follow through the limestone pavement
Looking back to Little Ingleborough, Ingleborough and Simon Fell
The hill of Thwaite ahead
Penyghent and Fountains Fell across Ribblesdale
Little Ingleborough, Ingleborough, and Simon Fell
A glimpse of the neighbouring valley of Crummack Dale
At the large cairn on Long Scar
Looking across the top of Crummack Dale to Penyghent, Fountains Fell, and Moughton
Ingleborough from Long Scar
Leaving Long Scar we take the track of Long Lane back to Clapham
The church of St. James in Clapham