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Trail running in Ribblesdale

8
routes

Which route should I choose?

8 routes in Ribblesdale, from 6.6 km to 41.5 km. If it is your first time here, start with the easy group below. Every route has a free GPX file, a TRP grade and a note on parking and transport.

Checked: 8 run by TRP. Each route page says which.

First trail run here

Low effort, easy ground, shortest first.

Under 10 km

An hour or so, whatever your pace.

A long day out

Over 25 km. Take food, take a map.

By train or bus

Starts you can reach without a car.

Compare all 8 routes in one table
RouteDistanceClimbGradeGroundGetting there
Victoria Cave and Attermire Scar6.6 km276 mHardfellBus or train
Settle, Stainforth and the Waterfalls9.8 km144 mModeratepathBus or train
Settle Limestone Loop15.2 km328 mModeratepathBus or train
Ingleborough from Chapel-le-Dale15.6 km611 mHardfellDrive, parking listed
Clapham and the Ingleborough Estate16.9 km259 mModeratepathBus or train
Fountains Fell and Pen-y-ghent from Horton-in-Ribblesdale33.4 km994 mVery HardfellBus or train
Fountains Fell and Pen-y-ghent from Settle36.8 km966 mVery HardfellBus or train
Yorkshire Three Peaks Circuit41.5 km1,505 mExpertfellBus or train
Clapham and the Ingleborough EstateMODERATE
Clapham and the Ingleborough Estate
16.9km · 259m climb · Loop
You get the full Ingleborough approach, the show cave, the dark cleft of Trow Gill and the perched boulders at Norber, without committing to the summit itself.
No car needed
Checked Jul 2026
Fountains Fell and Pen-y-ghent from Horton-in-RibblesdaleVERY HARD
Fountains Fell and Pen-y-ghent from Horton-in-Ribblesdale
33.4km · 994m climb · Loop
Two contrasting Dales summits in one long loop, with the lonely moorland of Fountains Fell giving way to the unmistakable stepped profile of Pen-y-ghent.
No car needed
Checked Jul 2026
Fountains Fell and Pen-y-ghent from SettleVERY HARD
Fountains Fell and Pen-y-ghent from Settle
36.8km · 966m climb · Loop
Town-to-summit running at its best, starting from Settle's cobbles and reaching the wild tops of Fountains Fell and Pen-y-ghent before the long loop home.
No car needed
Checked Jul 2026
Ingleborough from Chapel-le-DaleHARD
Ingleborough from Chapel-le-Dale
15.6km · 611m climb · Loop
Vast plateau views on a clear day stretch from the Lake District to the Pennines, with the descent through classic limestone karst.
Checked Jul 2026
MODERATE
Settle Limestone Loop
15.2km · 328m climb · Loop
You get a proper sampler of Ribblesdale from one town: limestone scars and green pasture on the tops, the River Ribble in the valley, and Settle's cafes waiting at the end.
No car needed
Checked Jul 2026
MODERATE
Settle, Stainforth and the Waterfalls
9.8km · 144m climb · Loop
You link two very different waterfalls in one short loop: broad Stainforth Force, where salmon leap in autumn, and Catrigg Force, hidden in a deep wooded ravine you would run straight past without the sign.
No car needed
HARD
Victoria Cave and Attermire Scar
6.6km · 276m climb · Loop
You climb straight to Victoria Cave, a huge fault-line cavern that gave up bones of ancient hippo and bear, set in the theatrical limestone cliffs of Attermire Scar.
No car needed
Yorkshire Three Peaks CircuitEXPERT
Yorkshire Three Peaks Circuit
41.5km · 1,505m climb · Loop
Three summits, 1,505m of ascent, and a finish back in Horton means that you have definitely earned a drink.
No car needed
Checked Jun 2026