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.
Eight miles and around five hours over Yorkshire's highest ground: an easy track under the Ribblehead viaduct and up beside the Settle to Carlisle line, then a long grassy ridge to the summit before a steep, awkward stepped descent to the farms in the valley bottom. Ribblehead has its own request stop on the Settle to Carlisle line, which is the best way to arrive; the roadside parking by the Station Inn fills by nine on a summer Saturday. The whole fell is grazed and the lead stays on from car to car, and the honest warning for a big dog is the stiles - the summit ridge and the descent use tall ladder stiles over the wall that no dog can climb, so you will be lifting a heavy animal over several of them at head height, and there is no water between Force Gill and Bruntscar.
Seven miles there and back with nearly six hundred metres of climb, taking four and a half to five hours: a walled bridleway over Storrs Common, a rough mile and a half to the farm at Crina Bottom, and then a steep stepped haul up the limestone terraces to the summit plateau, which is exposed and easy to lose in cloud. It starts at the main community car park in Ingleton, a far cheaper and less crowded option than the Waterfalls Trail car park just up the road. This is the quietest of the three routes up Ingleborough and it uses gates rather than stiles almost all the way, which matters if you have a big dog; against that, the fell is grazed and full of shake holes and small open shafts, ground-nesting birds are on it from March to July, and once past Crina Bottom there is no water at all, so carry some.
Famous privately run 4.5-mile circuit through the wooded glens of the Twiss and Doe, past Thornton Force, Pecca Falls and a string of other cascades. Entry is paid (adults 11 pounds, card only, no booking needed) and dogs are welcome but must be kept on a lead at all times, with no swimming in the river; the moorland link path between the two glens crosses grazed farmland. Allow two and a half to four hours and expect plenty of steps.
Friendly High Street inn a short stroll from the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail entrance. Dogs are welcome in the bar, the huge beer garden and the letting rooms, with water bowls, free biscuits and even a doggy menu of chicken and veg; only the restaurant is off limits. Leads preferred inside.
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