Walk Route Map ny143 Pen-y-ghent from Horton in Ribblesdale

Walk ny143 Pen-y-ghent from Horton in Ribblesdale

One of the classic 'Yorkshire Three Peaks'

Vital Statistics:

Length:	6¼mls (10km)
Ascent:	1,640ft (489m)
Time:	4hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

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Route outline for walk ny143:

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

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Peak Bagging Statistics for 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 Pen-y-ghent at 694m (2277ft). Pen-y-ghent is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (108th highest in England, 179th highest in England & Wales) Pen-y-ghent is also known as an English Nuttall (143rd highest in England, 234th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (33rd highest in England, 606th highest in the UK). The summit of Pen-y-ghent is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

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.

This walk 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)

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk ny143 Pen-y-ghent from Horton in Ribblesdale

In no particular order . . .

Me on Gavel Rigg just below the top of Pen-y-ghent, one of the Three Yorkshire Peaks

Photo: Stephen Holman (1)

Hull Pot

Photo: Robert Hardaker (6)

Pen-y-ghent from the Pennine Way near Hunt Pot

Photo: Peter Harrison (12)

Ingleborough from above Brackenbottom

Photo: Paul Harrison (11)

Pen-y-ghent from Brackenbottom Scar

Photo: Paul Harrison (12)

Hull Pot

Photo: Colin Fawcett (4)

On the Yorkshire Three Peaks below Pen-y-ghent

Photo: Bri Hilton (1)

Walk ny143 Pen-y-ghent from Horton in Ribblesdale - The final stile in Horton in Ribblesdale at the end of the Yorkshire Three Peaks of Challenge Walk

The final stile in Horton in Ribblesdale at the end of the Yorkshire Three Peaks of Challenge Walk

Photo: Kevan Wilkinson (5)

Pen-y-ghent from The Pennine Way above Hunt Pot

Photo: Paul Harrison (22)

On Pen-y-ghent summit

Photo: David Hayter (322)

Pen-y-ghent from Brackenbottom

Photo: Colin Fawcett (2)

Pen-y-ghent from the west near Horton in Ribblesdale

Photo: Peter Gaffney (2)

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

Photo: Paul Harrison (13)

On the summit of Pen-y-ghent

Photo: Danny Young (6)

Pen-y-ghent from near Hull Pot

Photo: Danny Young (9)

Ingleborough and Simon Fell as seen from Pen-y-Ghent during temperature inversion

Photo: Mick Johnson (1)

Looking South from Pen-y-Ghent

Photo: David Hayter (321)

Pen-y-ghent Side Scar in the snow

Photo: Paul Harrison (20)

The Pennine Way sign on the summit of Pen-y-ghent

Photo: Robert Hardaker (7)

Approaching Pen-y-ghent from Brackenbottom

Photo: Danny Young (2)

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