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Pen-y-ghent from Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Horton in Ribblesdale · BD24 0HF
Horton in Ribblesdale Tarn Bar Outaber Plantation Ghyll Plantation Nether Close Plantation N 880 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors
6MILES
4hON FOOT
520mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 60%Lane & track 30%Road with traffic 10%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at
BD24 0HF
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The most dog-manageable of the Three Peaks: a six-mile circuit from Horton up the crouching-lion profile of Pen-y-ghent (694m), returning past the gaping chasm of Hull Pot. This is working sheep country from start to summit, so keep dogs on a lead around livestock and during the March-to-July ground-nesting season; expect stiles, a short rocky scramble near the top and serious weather potential. Park at the village pay and display.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.1481, -2.2946
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.DALESWALKS.CO.UK/WALKS/PENYGHENT-WALK-FROM-HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE/
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Blind Beck Tea Rooms

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Blind Beck Tea Rooms is a place to eat in Horton in Ribblesdale. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

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Horton Station cafe & bar

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Horton Station cafe & bar is a place to eat in Horton in Ribblesdale. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

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880 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors 3.6 MI · OUT & BACK
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Horton to Hull Pot

Horton in Ribblesdale · BD24 0HF
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3.6MILES
1:45TIME
180mCLIMB
95%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

Three and a half miles there and back in under two hours, up the walled green lane of Horton Scar Lane on the Pennine Way to Hull Pot, the largest natural hole in England at 300 feet long and 60 feet deep. The track is stony but broad and gently graded, and it stays walkable when Pen-y-ghent is in cloud; start from the National Park pay-and-display car park in Horton, with Horton station on the Settle-Carlisle line two minutes away. The walled lane means a dog can be off the lead for the climb with no stiles at all, which is rare in this country, but Hull Pot itself is a sheer unfenced rock chasm you must lead your dog past, and the open moor beyond carries sheep and requires leads from 1 March to 31 July.

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