Plan your trip

WALK HERE

For the classic loop from Horton, including Hull Pot and Hunt Pot, see Walk 18 in this issue.

GETTING HERE

The starting points at Horton and Stainforth are easily reached on the B6479 Ribblesdale road, and Horton has a station on the famous Settle-Carlisle railway line. Malham and Litton each take a while to get to via narrow lanes, the former via Gargrave and the latter via Grassington.

WHERE TO EAT, DRINK AND STAY

As the most popular starting point for the Three Peaks, Horton tends to be one of the busiest small villages in the Dales. There are two pubs, which both offer accommodation. The Crown (01729 860209, crown-hotel.co.uk) has rooms from £90, minimum two nights, and main meals around £12. The Golden Lion (01729, 860206,

has bed and breakfast from £70 and shared bunkhouse rooms for £12pppn.

B&B options include Broad Croft, Rowe House and Middle Studfold Farm, and there’s camping at Holme Farm. The Pen-y-ghent Café in Horton (01729 860333, no website) is a popular starting point for the challenge. It even has a clocking-in system to record your time and offers membership of its own Three Peaks of Yorkshire Club to those completing the hike in under 12 hours, although it has no official connection with the National Park or the Three Peaks

Project.

i MORE INFORMATION

The local website horton-inribblesdale.com is packed with useful information. For general tourist information, visit yorkshire. com, and as with all three peaks, you can find a lot of useful access information at yorkshiredales.org. uk/yorkshire-three-peaks