Trail running routes in South Pennines · 11
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VERY HARDBoulsworth Hill from Trawden
Boulsworth is the whaleback that dominates every view around Trawden, and standing on Lad Law at 517m you look across Pendle, the Dales and, on a clear day, out to the coast.
Fell runNo car needed
Checked Jul 2026
VERY HARDHeptonstall and Hardcastle Crags
You get the full Calderdale contrast in one loop: the deep, wooded gorge of Hardcastle Crags and the wild open moor above, joined by the cobbled hilltop village of Heptonstall.
No car neededDog friendly
Checked Jul 2026
MODERATEIlkley Moor from the Cow and Calf
You run straight up onto the moor of the famous song, past the Cow and Calf crags and out to the Twelve Apostles stone circle, with cup-and-ring carvings scattered underfoot.
No car neededDog friendly
Checked Jul 2026
HARDIlkley to Rombalds Moor Loop
Over 400 prehistoric cup-and-ring carved stones are scattered across this moor, and you'll pass several without trying - a working archaeological landscape disguised as an ordinary heather moor.
No car neededDog friendly
Checked Jun 2026
VERY HARDIlkley, Rombalds Moor, Roman Road and Addingham
You climb out of pretty Ilkley onto the wide gritstone shoulder of Rombalds Moor, then swing back through the green lower Wharfe valley for a big, varied day close to home.
No car neededDog friendly
Checked Jul 2026
HARDLunds Tower and Wainmans Pinnacle from Crosshills
You get onto the quiet western shoulder of Rombalds Moor, away from the Ilkley crowds, with wide views over Wharfedale one way and Airedale the other for a short, sharp climb.
No car neededDog friendly
Checked Jul 20261 ran this
MODERATEPinhaw Beacon from Lothersdale
Pinhaw Beacon is a tiny hill with an outsized view, looking into Lancashire one way and the Yorkshire Dales the other, and the trig carries a topograph with a sonnet to the NHS.
No car neededDog friendly
Checked Jul 20261 ran this
VERY HARDSalt and Pepper Pots from Skipton
A point-to-point feel on a loop, linking a bustling market town to a wild gritstone edge crowned by two eccentric Victorian towers with huge views to Pendle.
No car neededDog friendly
Checked Jul 2026
HARDStoodley Pike from Hebden Bridge
You climb from a canal in the valley floor to a 37m stone monument on the moor edge, and the view back over Calderdale from the base of the Pike is worth every metre of the climb.
No car neededDog friendly
Checked Jul 2026
MODERATEThe Atom Panopticon from Wycoller Country Park
The Atom is a curved concrete shell you can stand inside, and from the doorway it frames Pendle Hill one way and Boulsworth the other. You get both without a long day out.
No car neededDog friendly
Checked Jul 2026
VERY HARDWadsworth Trog
This is the Wadsworth Trog, a proper Calderdale beast: mile after mile of high Pennine moor, peat bog and reservoir embankment that locals rate among the toughest moorland rounds in the north.
Fell runNo car needed
Checked Jul 2026