Walk · North Yorkshire

Settle to Stainforth Force on the Ribble Way

Settle · BD24 9EJ

5.3MILES

2h 30mON FOOT

110mCLIMB

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The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 85% 15% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 65%Lane & track 20%Road with traffic 15%

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 9EJ

Directions to the start →

Five and a quarter miles round in about two and a half hours, following the Ribble Way north out of Settle through riverside meadows to the limestone shelves of Stainforth Force and its seventeenth-century packhorse bridge, returning by the lane and field paths on the far side. Nearly flat and easy going apart from mud after rain; start at Settle market place and use the pay-and-display car parks, or take the train and walk from the station. The pool below Stainforth Force is the best-known dog swim in Ribblesdale with a shallow shelf to get in and out, though the current is strong when the river is up; the meadows carry sheep and cattle, and the Ribble Way has a number of narrow stone stiles that will stop a large dog.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads through the grazed riverside meadows. Narrow stone stiles along the Ribble Way; strong current at the falls when the river is high.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.0690, -2.2812

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.GPS-ROUTES.CO.UK/ROUTES/HOME.NSF/ROUTESLINKSWALKS/SETTLE-RIVERSIDE-WALK-WALKING-ROUTE

Settle to Stainforth Force on the Ribble Way

House rules, decoded

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