9th November 2024 - Settle to Long Preston and back
Walk Details
Distance walked: 11.1 miles
Total ascent: 1554 ft
OS map used: OL2 - Yorkshire Dales, Southern & Western areas
Time taken: 6 hrs
Route description: Settle-Lower Greenfoot-Ingfield Lane-Commercial Street-Green Head Lane-Mitchell Lane-Lambert Lane-High Hill Lane-Scaleber Force-High Hill Lane-Langber Lane-Newton Moor-Water Fall Rock-Little Newton-New House Lane-Long Preston-Green Gate Lane-Edge Lane-Hunter Bark-Pennine Bridleway-Mitchell Lane-Green Head Lane-Commercial Street-Ingfield Lane-Lower Greenfoot-Settle
Poor weather has seen me resort to another low level walk this weekend that included visiting another waterfall. This time it's Scaleber Force near Settle, which is also where I'm starting the walk from. To make a day of it I decided to follow the route that I used when I first visited Scaleber Force in September 2018, using tracks and bridleways to get to the neighbouring village of Long Preston, and then back to Settle. Like last weekend I've got another dull and overcast day to deal with, though even more so this time. The cloud became lower during the afternoon so that I was only just below its base as I was crossing the moorland of Hunter Bark on the way back to Settle.
From the car park near the rugby club in Settle I walked out of the village along Lower Greenfoot, Ingfield Lane, Commercial Street, Green Head Lane and then up Mitchell Lane. At the top of Mitchell Lane I took the bridleway of Lambert Lane on the left and followed it across to High Hill Lane. After a short walk south along High Hill Lane I reached Scaleber Wood and the footpath down to Scaleber Force. Once I'd taken my photos of Scaleber Force I made my way back up to High Hill Lane and resumed my walk south along it until I reached the byway of Langber Lane which is signposted for Otterburn. I followed this south past Bookilber Barn until I reached the access land of Newton Moor, where I crossed a stile and made my way up to the trig point on Newton Moor Top. After taking in the view I left the moor by walking towards Long Preston to pick up the public footpath past Water Fall Rock and down to Little Newton, where I followed a track to New House Lane and that to Long Preston. I left Long Preston by Green Gate Lane which I followed uphill where it becomes Edge Lane and to its end where it becomes a byway and part of the Pennine Bridleway. This then took me north across the moorland of Hunter Bark and down to the end of Mitchell Lane. This left me with retracing my steps back to the car park in Settle.
Total ascent: 1554 ft
OS map used: OL2 - Yorkshire Dales, Southern & Western areas
Time taken: 6 hrs
Route description: Settle-Lower Greenfoot-Ingfield Lane-Commercial Street-Green Head Lane-Mitchell Lane-Lambert Lane-High Hill Lane-Scaleber Force-High Hill Lane-Langber Lane-Newton Moor-Water Fall Rock-Little Newton-New House Lane-Long Preston-Green Gate Lane-Edge Lane-Hunter Bark-Pennine Bridleway-Mitchell Lane-Green Head Lane-Commercial Street-Ingfield Lane-Lower Greenfoot-Settle
Poor weather has seen me resort to another low level walk this weekend that included visiting another waterfall. This time it's Scaleber Force near Settle, which is also where I'm starting the walk from. To make a day of it I decided to follow the route that I used when I first visited Scaleber Force in September 2018, using tracks and bridleways to get to the neighbouring village of Long Preston, and then back to Settle. Like last weekend I've got another dull and overcast day to deal with, though even more so this time. The cloud became lower during the afternoon so that I was only just below its base as I was crossing the moorland of Hunter Bark on the way back to Settle.
From the car park near the rugby club in Settle I walked out of the village along Lower Greenfoot, Ingfield Lane, Commercial Street, Green Head Lane and then up Mitchell Lane. At the top of Mitchell Lane I took the bridleway of Lambert Lane on the left and followed it across to High Hill Lane. After a short walk south along High Hill Lane I reached Scaleber Wood and the footpath down to Scaleber Force. Once I'd taken my photos of Scaleber Force I made my way back up to High Hill Lane and resumed my walk south along it until I reached the byway of Langber Lane which is signposted for Otterburn. I followed this south past Bookilber Barn until I reached the access land of Newton Moor, where I crossed a stile and made my way up to the trig point on Newton Moor Top. After taking in the view I left the moor by walking towards Long Preston to pick up the public footpath past Water Fall Rock and down to Little Newton, where I followed a track to New House Lane and that to Long Preston. I left Long Preston by Green Gate Lane which I followed uphill where it becomes Edge Lane and to its end where it becomes a byway and part of the Pennine Bridleway. This then took me north across the moorland of Hunter Bark and down to the end of Mitchell Lane. This left me with retracing my steps back to the car park in Settle.
Route map
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Leaving Settle behind on Mitchell Lane..
Looking back down Mitchell Lane to Settle
Onto the track of Lambert Lane which will take me to High Hill Lane. The limestone hills to the east of Settle appear as I get closer..
A walk east along High Hill Lane to reach the woodland around Scaleber Force
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Scaleber Force from above as I make my way down..
A couple of photos of the small waterfalls below the main one..
The main falls of Scaleber Force
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A couple more photos of Scaleber Force and Scaleber Beck from above
Onto the byway of Langber Lane which I'll follow all the way to Newton Moor..
The valley of Bookil Gill Beck below to my right
Passing Bookilber Barn
Newton Moor comes into view on the right
Looking back along Langber Lane to Bookilber Barn as I reach the point where I leave the byway for Newton Moor
Crake Moor with a cloud-topped Rye Loaf Hill in the distance as I head up onto Newton Moor
At the trig point on Newton Moor Top, and there isn't much of a view. The moors in the distance are those which I'll be walking through back to Settle.
A murky view of Cracoe Fell in the distance to the east
Water Fall Rock. Next to the public footpath that leaves Newton Moor. Exposed bedrock of sandstone and shale.
The waterfall on Newton Gill that it's next to. Not much to look at today.
Following the footpath by Newton Gill to Little Newton..
From Little Newton the footpath goes along the edge of a field to the end of New House Lane..
Walking along New House Lane to Long Preston
Crossing Bookil Gill Beck
Approaching St. Mary's Church in Long Preston
A bench in the churchyard gave me somewhere to sit so that I could stop for a late lunch
Long Preston from School Lane
I leave Long Preston by heading up Green Gate Lane..
I can just make out the River Ribble below
As the road heads north it becomes Edge Lane
At the tarmacked road's end I follow a byway north towards and through the moorland of Hunter Bark...
The track approaches the junction of Mitchell Lane and Lambert Lane
Walking back down Mitchell Lane to Settle