Pen-y-ghent from Foxup

From Foxup, returning via Pen-y-ghent Gill Distance: 16.5km (10¼ miles) Ascent: 510m (1,673ft) Navigation: moderate; some navigation skills required in poor visibility Strenuousness: moderate, reasonable fitness and stamina required on longish route with sustained ascent Trickiness: some easy scrambling over rocky sections, nothing too exposed Time: allow five to six hours for full circular trip Marilyn tally: one; Hewitt tally: two; Nuttall tally: two The walk up the least lofty of the Yorkshire Three Peaks starts from the remote hamlet of Foxup, the end of the metalled road up Littondale, named after its main village rather than the river, the Skirfare, which flows down it.

Pendle Hill from Barley

From Barley, Lancashire Distance: 8km (5 miles) Ascent: 340m (1,115ft) Navigation: easy, but care needed on summit plateau if visibility poor Strenuousness: a short walk with a stiff slog up the path up to the summit Trickiness: nothing technical, no scrambling Time: allow about 3 hours Pendle Hill misses out on the Ordnance Survey benchmark for mountains by 173ft (53m) but makes up for it by its tautological name, packed history and fantastic views.

Pen-y-ghent from Horton in Ribblesdale via the Pennine Way

From Horton in Ribblesdale via Pennine Way Distance: 5.3km (3¼ miles) Ascent: 450m (1,476ft) Navigation: easy, good tracks and footpaths all the way Strenuousness: a long, gentle slog Trickiness: nothing technical, no scrambling Time: allow 2¾ hours (ascent only) Pay-and-display parking is available in Horton's national park car park with good toilets near the bridge by the Crown Inn (still marked on OS maps as the New Inn), but there are also places to park either on the streets or the large layby at the southern end of the village.

Bleaklow from Longdendale

Distance: 17.2km (10⅔ miles) Ascent: 475m (1,558ft) Navigation: good navigation skills required  – summit plateau can be very confusing.

Ingleborough from Austwick

From Austwick Distance: 8.6km (5⅔ miles) Ascent: 590m (1,936ft) Navigation: good navigation skills required, especially in poor visibility – some off-path walking Strenuousness: steep ascents on to Norber and final section of path on to Ingleborough summit Trickiness: no exposure, but rocky sections The route starts in the village of Austwick, a haven of peace just a stone’s throw from the busy A65.

Ingleborough from Chapel-le-Dale

Distance: 3.9km 2½ miles Ascent: 420m Navigation: fairly easy Strenuousness: a fair slog Trickiness: care needed above Humphrey Bottom on steep section There is car parking on the roadside layby on the B6255 Low Sleights Road, a couple of hundred metres north-east of the Old Hill Inn.

Ingleborough from Clapham

From Clapham Distance: 7.1km (4½ miles) Ascent: 580m (1,903ft) Navigation: easy navigation if Clapdale nature trail used; some easy route-finding needed on alternatives Strenuousness: gentle ascent until final kilometre Trickiness: no technical problems, just don’t fall down Gaping Gill Parking is available in the pay-and-display car park in Clapham, where there are also toilets.

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