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About Settle

A wonderful market town in the Yorkshire Dales. Settle is the starting point for the famous Settle to Carlisle Railway; one of Britain's most spectacular and scenic railways which runs through remote regions of the Yorkshire Dales and North Pennines. Well worth a trip is the journey from Settle to Appleby.

The town stands beside the largest outcrop of limestone in Britain - in a region of scars, cliffs, potholes and caves. Check out the footpath at the rear of the town which leads up to Castleberg crag - providing a wonderful veiw of the town in its dale.

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Gordale Scar. Malham Cove, North Yorkshire

Malham (84 Pictures) in the county of North Yorkshire

(5.2 miles, 8.3 km, direction E of Settle)

High on the moors and dales of Yorshire, lies the wild and desolate place of Malham....

Slaidburn

Slaidburn (55 Pictures) in the county of Lancashire

(9.8 miles, 15.8 km, direction SW of Settle)

An eye catching place with a pretty village green and a scattering of stone cottages set in an idyllic spot on the banks of the River Hodder...

Ingleborough and Whernside

Ingleton (80 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire

(9.8 miles, 15.8 km, direction NW of Settle)

Ingleton thrives as a centre for those who take pleasure in exploring the vast underworld to be discovered beneath the limestone hills of this glorious scenic region...

An old barn in Kettlewell

Kettlewell (49 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire

(10.8 miles, 17.4 km, direction NE of Settle)

The spectacular limestone beauty of Kettlewell has been appreciated by travellers for decades. It has a series of delightful cottages clustered around the little Cam Beck, a tributary of the River Wharfe as it plunges from Great Whernside...

Grassington Market Place.

Grassington (52 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of North Yorkshire

(11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction E of Settle)

This is Upper Wharfdale's principle village. It is a place of quiet charm with a lovely old bridge spanning the River Wharfe and cobbled lanes with pretty stone cottages descending towards the attractive village square...

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Garsdale Station on the Settle Carlisle Railway, located high in the Yorksire Dales National Park

Settle Carlisle Railway (9 Pictures)

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This spectacular train journey could easily be the most scenic train trip in the whole of the UK. The route is part of National.....

Malham Views

Malham Cove (30 Pictures)

(4.7 miles, 7.5 km, direction E)

A natural limestone formation which is a national beauty spot, near Malham, North Yorkshire..

Malham Tarn, North Yorkshire

Malham Tarn & Moor (4 Pictures)

(5.0 miles, 8.0 km, direction NE)

Malham Tarn is a lake in the Yorkshire Dales National Park which inspired English novelist Charles Kingsley to write the classic.....

Janet's Foss. Malham, North Yorkshire

Janet's Foss (6 Pictures)

(5.5 miles, 8.9 km, direction E)

A small picturesque waterfall near the village of Malham and Malham Cove, North Yorkshire. Janet refers to a Fairy Queen who is.....

Gordale Scar,  Malham Cove

Gordale Scar (8 Pictures)

(6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction E)

Painted by James Ward, written about by Wordsworth in a sonnet, this dramatic limestone ravine is an essential visit when in the.....

Forest of Bowland, Lancashire

Forest of Bowland (43 Pictures)

(10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction SW)

This high region of grouse moor and high fells crossed with deep narrow valley's was once a hunting ground of Saxon King's. It.....

Sawley Abbey

Sawley Abbey (15 Pictures)

(10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction S)

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