Walking Britain Dentdale & Bleamoor
Introduction to Walk 3135
Nat Park - Yorkshire Dales - Three Peaks Country
County/Area - Cumbria & North Yorkshire
Author - Stephen Starkey
Length - 12.5 miles / 20.3 km
Ascent - 2570 feet / 779 metres
Time - 8 hours 50 minutes
Grade - moderate
This Yorkshire Dales walk includes valley and moorland walking. The start is in pleasant Dentdale which is followed for some way before climbing onto Blea Moor. The route then returns across the flank of Whernside into Dentdale. The route also includes sections of the Dales Way. A GPS File is available for download (see walk description).
Please maintain social distancing - keep at least 2 metres away from other walkers. Travel restrictions for exercise in Wales and Scotland will be lifted in early July.
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
2.4 miles / 3.8 km away
Whernside & Dentdale from Dent
Grade - mod/hard
Length - 12.0 miles / 19.5 km
4.4 miles / 7.1 km away
The Upper Eden valley without a car
Grade - moderate
Length - 12.0 miles / 19.5 km
4.8 miles / 7.7 km away
Whernside & Scales Moor from Ribblehead
Grade - moderate
Length - 11.0 miles / 17.9 km
4.8 miles / 7.7 km away
Blea Moor & Denthead from Ribblehead
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.2 miles / 13.3 km
5.2 miles / 8.3 km away
Gragareth & Great Coum, from Yordas Cave, Ingleton
Grade - moderate
Length - 9.0 miles / 14.6 km
5.4 miles / 8.7 km away
Ingleborough & Park Fell from Chapel-le-Dale
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.5 miles / 12.2 km
5.4 miles / 8.7 km away
Ingleborough from Chapel-le-Dale
Grade - moderate
Length - 9.5 miles / 15.4 km
6.2 miles / 9.9 km away
Cautley Spout & the Calf from Sedbergh
Grade - moderate
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km
6.2 miles / 10.0 km away
The Calf from Sedbergh
Grade - mod/hard
Length - 10.5 miles / 17.1 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 Books & eBooks
Walking in the Yorkshire Dales: North and East
This guidebook contains 43 circular day walks in the north and east Yorkshire Dales. It explores the dales, hills and moors between Kirkby Stephen and Pateley Bridge. Walking ranges from gentle 3 mile strolls to more strenuous day-long rambles across the Howgills, Wensleydale, Swaledale, Nidderdale, Mallerstang and Coverdale.
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