336 March Walks from Settle

Our first walk of 2013 will be from 

Settle

in the North Riding of Yorkshire
home of 'The Naked Man'

Saturday 9th March 2013

0800hrs prompt from the short stay car park

Settle is a bustling market town in the foothills of the Pennines amongst some of the most picturesque scenery in North Yorkshire. The town stands beside the largest outcrop of limestone in Britain - in a region of scars, cliffs, caves and potholes. At the rear of the town a zigzag footpath leads to the summit of Castleberg crag offering a vantage point of the town in its dale and fell. Settle is a good base for exploring the Yorkshire Dales. 

The market place at Settle in the valley of the Ribble, is on the dividing line between the largest outcrop of limestone in Britain (to the North) and rolling gritstone moorland.
Explore the limestone country, and you are in a stark but spectacularly attractive area of pearl-white scars, potholes and caves. 

Here too are Malham, Horton-in-Ribblesdale and the Three Peaks - Whernside, Ingleborough, Pen-y-ghent - each of which is served by good footpaths. 

Limestone Pavement and Ingleborough - Where the limestone gives way to gritstone are grand waterfalls, which were joyfully visited by a young composer called Edward Elgar. 

The moors, with their coverlet of peat and heather, are of the type known to the Bronte girls of Haworth. West of Settle is unspoilt Bowland, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Settle has a full range of Tourist amenities. Giggleswick, just across the river being the home of Giggleswick School. 

The Settle and Three Peaks area has justifiably been chosen as the backdrop for a number of film and television produtions.  

There will be three walks as usual;

• A Walk led by Stuart Smith
• B Walk led by Beverley Kelly
• C Walk led by Terry Simmons

Walk details will be added as they become available but by Saturday 3rd March 2013