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Long Preston

Approach to Settle – Settle loop from Long Preston

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United Kingdom

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Yorkshire And The Humber

Long Preston

Approach to Settle – Settle loop from Long Preston

Hard

5.0

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Approach to Settle – Settle loop from Long Preston

05:01

18.6km

240m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 7, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Yorkshire Dales National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.00 km

Long Preston Embankment Project Bench and Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

Bench seating with a view of Long Preston and the surrounding Dales fells. In particular there is the view and sign board associated with the Long Preston Embankment project works undertaken in 2020-2021

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3.57 km

Hunter Bark Trig Point

Highlight • Summit

Situated roughly halfway between Long Preston and Settle, the unusually named Hunter Bark (315m) is a hill scarred by some quarry workings. Grassy hills and some rather pretty heather from …

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5.59 km

Approach to Settle

Highlight • Viewpoint

5.93 km

Scaleber Plantation

Forest

6.62 km

The Folly, Settle

Highlight • Historical Site

The Folly built in the 1670s as a Gentlemans residence, now a museum of North Craven Life

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6.88 km

Settle

Highlight • Rest Area

Picturesque Settle is archetypal of the Yorkshire Dales. Use it as a base for adventures in spectacular Ribblesdale or head east for the limestone wonders found in Malhamdale. It is …

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7.02 km

3 Peaks Café & Bike Shop

Highlight • Rest Area

Great food, lots of lovely bicycles!

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7.08 km

Ye Olde Naked Man Café

Highlight • Cafe

Popular and long standing cafe and take away in the centre of Settle. Also includes a bakery so filled rolls, cakes, coffees, ice cream, milkshakes, etc. are all available. Food …

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16.7 km

Bird Watching Cabin

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Handy Place For a rest

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18.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.05 km

5.77 km

3.64 km

880 m

203 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.81 km

4.75 km

2.35 km

2.08 km

471 m

142 m

Elevation

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Highest point (310 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

Weather

Tuesday 19 May

15°C

9°C

65 %

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Approach to Settle – Settle loop from Long Preston

Long Preston Embankment Project Bench and Viewpoint

Hunter Bark Trig Point

Approach to Settle

The Folly, Settle

Settle

3 Peaks Café & Bike Shop

Ye Olde Naked Man Café

Bird Watching Cabin

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