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Route outline for walk ny138:

Kettlewell  -  Dowber Gill Beck  -  Providence Pot  -  Hag Dyke (hostel)  -  Great Whernside  -  Black Hole Dike  -  Nidd Head  -  Little Hunters Sleet  -  Tor Dyke  -  Starbotton Road  -  Top Mere Road  -  Kettlewell

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Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

Providence Pot is a cave system that links to Dowber Gill Cave, notorious for its difficulty in navigation. Consisting of a thin rift or slit, the easiest passage through is a vertical maze, best left to caving experts.

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

1 English Mountain

0 Wainwrights

1 English Nuttall

0 English Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

1 Marilyn

0 Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Great Whernside at 704m (2310ft). Great Whernside is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (102nd highest in England, 168th highest in England & Wales)

Great Whernside is also known as an English Nuttall (127th highest in England, 211th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (31st highest in England, 584th highest in the UK).

The summit of Great Whernside is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

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You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

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