Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead) Walk

Easy mountain walk from England's highest station onto grassy hill with fine views. Passes three railway viaducts and uses good track across Blea Moor.

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Dent Head Viaduct
Dent Head Viaduct

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Wild Boar Fell, from Coal Road, above Dent Station
Wild Boar Fell, from Coal Road, above Dent Station

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Shaft No 2, Blea Moor, with Ingleborough
Shaft No 2, Blea Moor, with Ingleborough

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ribblehead Viaduct from the east
Ribblehead Viaduct from the east

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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P1054122

Sep-24 • don_macauley • On flickr

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P1054123

Sep-24 • don_macauley • On flickr

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Sep-24 • don_macauley • On flickr

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Barrow Crossing at Dent Station
Barrow Crossing at Dent Station

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Dent Station, at 351 metres the highest (in-service) main line station in England
Dent Station, at 351 metres the highest (in-service) main line station in England

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Backview down Coal Road from above Dent Station: Whernside and Calf Top
Backview down Coal Road from above Dent Station: Whernside and Calf Top

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ingleborough, from Coal Road, above Dent Station
Ingleborough, from Coal Road, above Dent Station

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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View down Dentdale from the Pennine Bridleway along Great Knoutberry Hill
View down Dentdale from the Pennine Bridleway along Great Knoutberry Hill

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ingleborough and Whernside from the Pennine Bridleway along Great Knoutberry Hill
Ingleborough and Whernside from the Pennine Bridleway along Great Knoutberry Hill

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Stile, fence, wall, trig point, storm shelter-cum-bench: the summit of Great Knoutberry Hill
Stile, fence, wall, trig point, storm shelter-cum-bench: the summit of Great Knoutberry Hill

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Fence, wall, trig point, storm shelter-cum-bench: the summit of Great Knoutberry Hill
Fence, wall, trig point, storm shelter-cum-bench: the summit of Great Knoutberry Hill

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Wild Boar Fell from the summit of Great Knoutberry Hill
Wild Boar Fell from the summit of Great Knoutberry Hill

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Northeasterly views from the summit of Great Knoutberry Hill along Widdale Fell towards Wensleydale
Northeasterly views from the summit of Great Knoutberry Hill along Widdale Fell towards Wensleydale

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ingleborough from Swineley Cowm
Ingleborough from Swineley Cowm

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Pen-y-ghent from flank of Wold Fell
Pen-y-ghent from flank of Wold Fell

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ingleborough from flank of Wold Fell
Ingleborough from flank of Wold Fell

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Dent Head Viaduct from road, with Aye Gill Pike in distance
Dent Head Viaduct from road, with Aye Gill Pike in distance

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Dent Head Viaduct from road
Dent Head Viaduct from road

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Baugh Fell, from road above Dent Head Viaduct
Baugh Fell, from road above Dent Head Viaduct

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Dent Head Viaduct down the road
Dent Head Viaduct down the road

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Dent Head Viaduct
Dent Head Viaduct

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Fell End Gill, under Dent Head Viaduct
Fell End Gill, under Dent Head Viaduct

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Dent Head Viaduct (detail)
Dent Head Viaduct (detail)

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Dent Head Viaduct from field to the west
Dent Head Viaduct from field to the west

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Infant River Dee by Dent Head Farm
Infant River Dee by Dent Head Farm

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Infant River Dee by Dent Head Farm (can be dry on the surface)
Infant River Dee by Dent Head Farm (can be dry on the surface)

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Drystone Wall Artwork at Dent Head Farm
Drystone Wall Artwork at Dent Head Farm

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Infant River Dee above Dent Head Farm
Infant River Dee above Dent Head Farm

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ducks on the Loose (Dent Head Farm)
Ducks on the Loose (Dent Head Farm)

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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River Dee above Dent Head Farm
River Dee above Dent Head Farm

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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River Dee above Dent Head Farm
River Dee above Dent Head Farm

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Waterfall on River Dee above Dent Head Farm (railway line above)
Waterfall on River Dee above Dent Head Farm (railway line above)

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Blea Moor Tunnel Entrance above Dent Head Farm
Blea Moor Tunnel Entrance above Dent Head Farm

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Backview along railway line from Hazel Bottom towards Great Knoutberry Hill
Backview along railway line from Hazel Bottom towards Great Knoutberry Hill

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Backview along railway line from Hazel Bottom towards Wold Fell and Great Knoutberry Hill
Backview along railway line from Hazel Bottom towards Wold Fell and Great Knoutberry Hill

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Backview from Blea Moor towards Great Knoutberry Hill, Baugh Fell and Wild Boar Fell
Backview from Blea Moor towards Great Knoutberry Hill, Baugh Fell and Wild Boar Fell

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Shaft No 3, Blea Moor, with Great Knoutberry Hill behind
Shaft No 3, Blea Moor, with Great Knoutberry Hill behind

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Shaft No 3, Blea Moor, with Wold Fell and Great Knoutberry Hill behind
Shaft No 3, Blea Moor, with Wold Fell and Great Knoutberry Hill behind

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ingleborough, from Blea Moor
Ingleborough, from Blea Moor

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ingleborough and Shaft No 2, Blea Moor
Ingleborough and Shaft No 2, Blea Moor

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Shaft No 2, Blea Moor
Shaft No 2, Blea Moor

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Shaft No 2, Blea Moor, with spoil heaps
Shaft No 2, Blea Moor, with spoil heaps

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Shaft No 1, from Shaft No 2, Blea Moor
Shaft No 1, from Shaft No 2, Blea Moor

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Shaft No 1, Blea Moor, with Ingleborough
Shaft No 1, Blea Moor, with Ingleborough

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Shaft No 1, Blea Moor, with spoil heaps and flank of Whernside
Shaft No 1, Blea Moor, with spoil heaps and flank of Whernside

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Shaft No 1, Blea Moor, with Ingleborough
Shaft No 1, Blea Moor, with Ingleborough

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Final spoil heaps near shaft for tunnel works, Little Dale
Final spoil heaps near shaft for tunnel works, Little Dale

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Fenced off shaft for Blea Moor tunnel works, Little Dale
Fenced off shaft for Blea Moor tunnel works, Little Dale

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ingleborough, from Little Dale
Ingleborough, from Little Dale

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Backview to spoil heaps in Little Dale, from Blue Clay Ridge (3 Peaks Route)
Backview to spoil heaps in Little Dale, from Blue Clay Ridge (3 Peaks Route)

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Sheep on Blue Clay Ridge
Sheep on Blue Clay Ridge

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Limestone Bands, near Winterscales Farm
Limestone Bands, near Winterscales Farm

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Backview to Blea Moor Signal Box, from near Winterscales Farm
Backview to Blea Moor Signal Box, from near Winterscales Farm

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Limestone Outcrop by the Winterscales Beck
Limestone Outcrop by the Winterscales Beck

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Lime Kiln, by Winterscales Farm
Lime Kiln, by Winterscales Farm

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ribblehead Viaduct, from the west
Ribblehead Viaduct, from the west

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ribblehead Viaduct, from the west
Ribblehead Viaduct, from the west

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ribblehead Viaduct, from the west, with the (delayed) 14.53 to Leeds
Ribblehead Viaduct, from the west, with the (delayed) 14.53 to Leeds

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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The (delayed) 14.53 to Leeds on Ribblehead Viaduct
The (delayed) 14.53 to Leeds on Ribblehead Viaduct

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ingleborough from Ribblehead Viaduct
Ingleborough from Ribblehead Viaduct

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ribblehead Viaduct
Ribblehead Viaduct

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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Ingleborough through Ribblehead Viaduct
Ingleborough through Ribblehead Viaduct

SWC Walk 437 - Great Knoutberry Hill (Dent to Ribblehead)

May-24 • Thomas Grabow • On flickr

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