Walking Britain Attermire Scar & Malham Tarn from Stainforth
Introduction to Walk 2649
Nat Park - Yorkshire Dales - Lower Ribblesdale
County/Area - North Yorkshire
Author - Stephen Starkey
Length - 16.5 miles / 26.8 km
Ascent - 2260 feet / 685 metres
Time - 10 hours 30 minutes
Grade - mod/hard
A lengthy Yorkshire Dales walk from Stainforth that includes some of the highlights of the Malham area. The route passes Attermire Scar before continuing to Malham Tarn. The return includes a visit to Catrigg Froce waterfall. A GPS File is available for download (see walk description).
Maps | |||
| Ordnance Survey Explorer OL2 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Explorer OL2 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 98 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Landranger 98 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY |
It is recommended you take a map. The preferred scale is 1:25k. | |||
Other walks nearby
1.3 miles / 2.1 km away
Nappa Cross & Victoria Cave from Langcliffe
Grade - moderate
Length - 9.5 miles / 15.4 km
1.3 miles / 2.1 km away
Oxenber and Wharfe Woods from Langcliffe
Grade - moderate
Length - 10.5 miles / 17.1 km
2.0 miles / 3.1 km away
Feizor & Giggleswick Scar from Settle
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km
2.2 miles / 3.5 km away
Attermire Scar and Catrigg Force from Settle
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 6.5 miles / 10.6 km
2.2 miles / 3.5 km away
Attermire Scar & Victoria Cave from Settle
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 5.1 miles / 8.3 km
2.4 miles / 3.8 km away
Attermire Scar, Catrigg Force & Langcliffe
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 7.5 miles / 12.2 km
3.4 miles / 5.4 km away
The Norber Erratics & Sulber Gate
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km
3.4 miles / 5.4 km away
Sulber Gate & Crummack Dale from Austwick
Grade - moderate
Length - 9.5 miles / 15.4 km
3.5 miles / 5.6 km away
Pen-y-ghent & Plover Hill from Horton in Ribblesdale
Grade - moderate
Length - 9.0 miles / 14.6 km
Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
Recommended Reading
Walking in the Yorkshire Dales: South and West
Part of a two-book set, this guidebook describes 44 walks in the southern and western Yorkshire Dales, including the famous 23 mile Three Peaks circuit over Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough. The other, mostly circular routes of 3½ to 13 miles cover the scenic region between Sedbergh, Kirkby Lonsdale, Settle, Skipton and Grassington.
More information
