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Settle Circular via Malham Walk

From a pretty market town through impressive limestone scenery to the natural wonders of Malham: cove, waterfall, dramatic gorge, dry valleys, a stream out of caves, a very large tarn

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Malham Cove

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Limestone Crag on left

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Watlowes dry valley (Ing Scar and Comb Scar)

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Gordale Scar, from the scrambling avoidance route

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Malham Tarn and Great Close Scar, from lane by High Trenhouse

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View back to Settle from early ascent

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View up Ribblesdale from the early ascent: Langcliffe Mill and Stainforth Scar

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Warrendale Knotts

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Warrendale Knotts

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View ahead along Attermire Scar to Rye Loaf Hill

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Limestone Crags on left

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Attermire Scar

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Remnants of 19th century Rifle Range

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Detail of 19th century Rifle Range: made by a firm based in Bishopsgate, London

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Backview along Attermire Scar

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Backview along Attermire Scar

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Stockdale Farm and Rye Loaf Hill

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View back down Stockdale past its namesake farm

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View back down Stockdale past its namesake farm

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Rising out of Stockdale...

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Malham Tarm from high pass into Malhamdale

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Nappa Cross (monastic waymarker linked to Fountains Abbey, integrated into drystone wall)

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Malham Tarn

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Malhamdale and Malham village

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Cave entrance to side of descent path

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Pastures leading down to Malham

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First partial sighting of Malham Cove

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Malham Cove

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Wall of Malham Cove

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Wall of Malham Cove

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Malham Beck emerging out of cave system at bottom of Malham Cove

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Malham Cove and Beck

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View down the tourist path up the cove side

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Limestone Pavement at the top of Malham Cove

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View down from lip of cove

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View down from lip of cove

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The Cove's curved lip

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Limestone Pavement at the top of Malham Cove

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Watlowes Dry Valley (usually dry anyway)

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View back into Malhamdale from Pennine Bridleway

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Pen-y-ghent from return route

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Pen-y-ghent and Plover Hill from return route

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Fountains Fell from return route

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Jubilee Cave entrance

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Northerly end of Attermire Scar

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Northerly end of Attermire Scar

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Northerly end of Attermire Scar

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Northerly end of Attermire Scar

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View from elevated path up Riddlesdale: Stainforth Scar and village

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View from elevated path above Riddlesdale: Pen-y-ghent

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View from elevated path above Riddlesdale: Ingleborough

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View from elevated path above Riddlesdale, up the dale

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View from elevated path above Riddlesdale: Stainforth Scar and Pen-y-ghent

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Blua Crags

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Wild garlic in Little Gordale Wood

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Wild garlic in Little Gordale Wood, Gordale Beck on right

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Janet's Foss on the Gordale Beck

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Gordale Scar

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Gordale Scar

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Gordale Scar with upper and lower waterfall

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Gordale Scar, from the scrambling avoidance route

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Gordale Scar: upper waterfall

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Gordale Scar: upper waterfall

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Gordale Scar: en route to the lower waterfall

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Gordale Beck above the waterfalls (upstream)

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Gordale Beck above the waterfalls (downstream)

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