Walk ny159 Gordale Scar and Malham Cove from Malham
This 7½ mile, Grade 5 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Malham & will take about 4 hrs to complete.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7½mls (12km) |
| Ascent: | 1,296ft (395m) |
| Time: | 4hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk ny159:
Malham - The Pennine Way - Gordale Beck - New Laithe - Mantley Field Laithe - Janet's Foss - Gordale Bridge - Gordale Scar - New Close - Seaty Hill - Street Gate - Great Close Scar - Great Close Plantation - Malham Tarn - The Pennine Way - Malham Beck - Water Sinks - Comb Hill - Ing Scar Crag - Watlowes - Malham Cove - Malham
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
The magnificent cliffs at Malham Cove are 70m (230ft) high.
At 370m Malham Tarn is the highest natural lake in Yorkshire and one of only two natural lakes in The Yorkshire Dales - the other is Semer Water.
When Malham Beck disappears into the ground at Water Sinks is not the same Malham Beck that emerges at the bottom of Malham Cove. It actually emerges at Aire Head some 4km further South.
Limestone Pavement like the top of Malham Cove is comprised of Clints(ridges of rock) and Grykes (the deep fissures).
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 1 Bridget |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Malham Cove at 319m (1047ft). Malham Cove is known as an English Bridget.
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Pennine Way, a 404km (251 miles) linear footpath connecting Edale in Derbyshire, England with Kirk Yetholm in The Borders, Scotland. The Pennine Way is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Pennine Way.
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ny159 Gordale Scar and Malham Cove from Malham
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Polifferie Burn from Craigengillan Bridge with Moorbrock Hill in the distance
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