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Pen-y-ghent
694m (2277ft)

The Southern Dales Area, The Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England

Pen-y-ghent is classified as:

English Mountain
108th highest in England,
180th in England & Wales

English Nuttall
143rd highest in England,
234th in England & Wales

English Marilyn
33rd highest in England,
603rd in Great Britain

English Trig Point (Pillar)

Walk Pen-y-ghent walking UK Mountains in The Southern Dales Area The Yorkshire Dales National Park North Yorkshire England

Pen-y-ghent Summit

Photo: Colin Fawcett

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Pen-y-ghent is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL2
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)
OS Landranger Map 98
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

Pen-y-ghent is on Peak Bagging Map & Hill Tick List:

The Southern Dales Area of The Yorkshire Dales

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Walk ny143 Pen-y-ghent from Horton in Ribblesdale

One of the classic 'Yorkshire Three Peaks'

Vital Statistics:

Length:	6.25ml (10km)
Ascent:	1,640ft (489m)
Time:	4 hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

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Route Summary:

- Horton in Ribblesdale, Brackenbottom, Gavel Rigg, The Pennine Way, Pen-y-ghent, Hunt Pot, Hull Pot, Horton in Ribblesdale.

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Walk ny158 Pen-y-ghent and Plover Hill from Horton in Ribblesdale

One of the classic 'Yorkshire Three Peaks'

Vital Statistics:

Length:	8.75ml (14km)
Ascent:	1,827ft (557m)
Time:	5 hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

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Route Summary:

- Horton In Ribblesdale, Brackenbottom, Gavel Rigg, The Pennine Way, Pen-y-ghent, Plover Hill, Foxup Moor, Swarth Gill Gate, Black Banks, Turpen, Horton Moor, Hull Pot, The Pennine Way, Horton Scar Lane, Horton In Ribblesdale.

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Walk ny112 Pen-y-ghent and Plover Hill from Dale Head

Majestic Pen-y-ghent and stunning Littondale

Vital Statistics:

Length:	10ml (16km)
Ascent:	1,663ft (506m)
Time:	5 hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

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Route Summary:

- Dale Head, The Pennine Way, Gavel Rigg, Pen-y-ghent, Plover Hill, Foxup Moor, Foxup Road, Low Bergh, Littondale, Pen-y-ghent Gill, Dale Head.

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Walk ny321 The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge as a 2 day walk - Day 1 from Horton in Ribblesdale (New 2013 Route)

Do The Yorkshire Three Peaks over a weekend

Vital Statistics:

Length:	10.25ml (16.5km)
Ascent:	2,136ft (651m)
Time:	6 hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

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Route Summary:

- Horton in Ribblesdale, Pen-y-ghent Cafe, Brackenbottom, Gavel Rigg, The Pennine Way, Pen-y-ghent, Hunt Pot, Hull Pot, Whitber Hill, God's Bridge, Brow Gill Beck, Nether Lodge, River Ribble, Lodge Hall (or Ingman Lodge), Ribblehead, Ribblehead Railway Station, Train Journey, Horton in Ribblesdale Railway Station, Horton in Ribblesdale.

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Walk ny331 The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge as a 3 day walk - Day 1 from Horton in Ribblesdale (New 2013 Route)

The Yorkshire Three Peaks - the civilised way

Vital Statistics:

Length:	10.25ml (16.5km)
Ascent:	2,136ft (651m)
Time:	6 hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

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Walk ny101 The Yorkshire Three Peaks from Horton in Ribblesdale

Easy walking - but very arduous, very long and with 3 big ascents

Vital Statistics:

Length:	24ml (38.5km)
Ascent:	5,297ft (1,614m)
Time:	14 hrs
Grade:		(Very Hard)

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Route Summary:

- Horton in Ribblesdale, Pen-y-ghent Cafe, Brackenbottom, Gavel Rigg, The Pennine Way, Pen-y-ghent, Hunt Pot, Hull Pot, Whitber Hill, God's Bridge, Brow Gill Beck, Nether Lodge, River Ribble, Lodge Hall (or Ingman Lodge), Ribblehead, Blea Moor, Whernside, Broadrake Farm, Chapel-le-Dale, Braithwaite Wife Hole, Ingleborough, Pen-y-ghent Cafe, Horton in Ribblesdale.

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Your Personal Mountain & Hill Bagging Record

If you LOG ON and then RELOAD this page it will display when you climbed, bagged and conquered Pen-y-ghent, what the weather was like, who you went with and any other comments you might like to add to remind you of that fantastic day. For more details see Your Personal Mountain, Top, Peak and Hill Bagging Record.

Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Pen-y-ghent

Alan Pritchard walked up Pen-y-ghent on June 19th, 2008 [with] Solo [weather] Good - Went on walking holiday - also have done the 3 peaks challenge once. Also the Yorkshire 3 peaks in 8hours..🚶‍♂️😎👌

Alan Smith climbed Pen-y-ghent on May 16th, 2019 [from/via/route] Horton on ribblesdale [with] Keith and kevin [weather] Sunny

Stephen Normanton bagged Pen-y-ghent on December 29th, 2018 [from/via/route] pen-y-Ghent [with] Karen smith oliver tilly [weather] gale force wind horizontal rain and sleet

Colin Egan hiked Pen-y-ghent on November 15th, 2018 [from/via/route] Ascent from Horton in Ribblesdale, via 3 Peak route, descent via Horton Moor back to start. [with] My wife Faith [weather] Fine. - A fantastic half day walk on my wife's birthday

Margaret Richards summited Pen-y-ghent on July 5th, 2017 [from/via/route] plover hill and pen y ghent [with] Don [weather] wet and misty - got a bit lost

Mark Price conquered Pen-y-ghent on September 16th, 2008 [from/via/route] horton in ribbonsdale via penine way [with] Shaun Dunmall [weather] sun with light breeze

Robert Harrison scaled Pen-y-ghent on September 2nd, 2017 [from/via/route] ny143 [with] Seb Garwood & Annabelle [weather] Sunny Intervals

Kevin Foster walked up Pen-y-ghent on July 22nd, 2017 [from/via/route] Dale Head Farm, Silverdale road [with] By myself [weather] Rain to start, low cloud but then tops clearing and hot and sunny. - Disappointed to have no view from the summit and a coach load of walkers already at the trig point. The climb through the two bands of rock was quite exhilarating though. PYG is a very fine mountain and a worthy member of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks club. I decided to not hang about and pushed on for Plover Hill leaving the crowds behind.

Andy Jakob climbed Pen-y-ghent during August, 1985 [from/via/route] Pennine Way north to south - climbed this more than once

Mark Davidson bagged Pen-y-ghent on September 14th, 2003 [with] Mike [weather] Lovely sunny day - good job too

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The Pennine Way crossing Gavel Rigg from Pen-y-ghent

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Pen-y-ghent from Horton in Ribblesdale

Photo: Simon Barnett (19)

Bryan, Lorna and Ami Goodfellow on the summit of Pen-y-Ghent in the snow

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Pen-y-Ghent from Horton in Ribblesdale

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Looking South from Pen-y-Ghent

Photo: David Hayter (321)

The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge - approaching Pen-y-ghent from Brackenbottom

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Pen-y-ghent summit wind shelters in a little bit of snow

Photo: Paul Harrison (18)

Pen-y-ghent from Gavel Rigg

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Me on Pen-y-ghent

Photo: Phil Hart (7)

The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge - Pen-y-ghent from Whernside

Photo: William Ringwood (4)

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