The Dales High Way

This stunning high level route was devised by walkers in 2007. It's an exhilarating and challenging 90 miles (144km) that is gaining in popularity every year.

The walk starts in the World Heritage village of Saltaire.  It goes north through the Yorkshire Dales before crossing the Howgill Fells in a dramatic ridge walk. After Newbiggin-on-Lune the route reaches the isolated waters of Sunbiggin Tarn, a Site of Special Scientific Interest.  It then crosses Great Asby Scar, the finest area of limestone pavement in the UK outside Ingleborough. The Eden Valley continues to surprise and delight as The Dales High Way passes the picturesque Rutter Mill and its stunning waterfall.  It finishes with a riverside ramble into Appleby.  Here, walkers can catch the train to return on England's most beautiful railway line - the Settle-Carlisle Railway.

Information about the route including suggested itineraries is available from www.daleshighway.co.uk