Places to explore near Hellifield StationHellifield

Limestone country of dry-stone walls, field barns, waterfalls and the Three Peaks.

0.1 km E

The Pennines for horse and bike — old packhorse trails and drovers' roads.

2.1 km W · spans 6 counties

A dramatic 40-foot fall tucked in a wooded ravine just outside Settle, best after rain.

5.4 km N

The first and toughest of them all — 268 miles along England's rocky spine from the Peak to the Cheviots.

5.5 km E · spans 8 counties

Wild heather moorland and the Trough of Bowland.

6.5 km SW

Lively market town beneath Castleberg crag, its 1249 charter still kept on Tuesdays and the Settle-Carlisle line beginning here.

7.1 km NW · North Yorkshire

The longest single canal in Britain, crossing the Pennines by Bingley's Five Rise Locks and the moors above Burnley.

7.2 km SE · spans 5 counties

White stone houses along a beck below the great curved cliff of Malham Cove, the busiest walking base in the Dales.

7.4 km NE · North Yorkshire

A vast curved amphitheatre of white limestone 80 metres high, topped by one of England's finest limestone pavements.

8.1 km NE

A mossy waterfall dropping into a woodland plunge pool near Malham, said to be home to the queen of the fairies.

8.5 km NE

A wildflower-rich limestone pavement nature reserve above Langcliffe, with panoramas across Ribblesdale.

9 km N

A towering limestone ravine with twin waterfalls, its overhanging walls a magnet for artists and writers for centuries.

9.3 km NE

A Victorian lime kiln of 22 chambers, its pitch-dark vaulted tunnel running round in one long oval, in the old Craven Lime Works above Langcliffe.

9.5 km N

Sea to source up the Ribble valley, from the marshes at Longton to the high fell country above Ribblehead.

2.5 km W · Lancashire, North Yorkshire & Cumbria

Limestone cliffs above Settle with Victoria Cave, where bones of hippos, hyenas and elephants were dug out of the floor

5.2 km N

A five-generation farm shop and tearoom on the Malham road, with butchery, charcuterie and its own ice cream.

5.5 km NE

A small Malhamdale village around the tall 'Cathedral of the Dales' church, a mile below Malham itself.

5.8 km NE · North Yorkshire

The Dales Way's high-level companion, crossing Ingleborough and the Howgill Fells on its way from Saltaire to Appleby.

6.6 km N · Cumbria, North Yorkshire & West Yorkshire

Charming coaching inn on Settle's market place, championing local producers and real ales.

7.1 km NW

Friendly local just off Settle's market square, a reliable stop for ale and pub classics.

7.1 km NW

Village inn beside the beck at Malham, a hearty stop after the Cove and Janet's Foss.

7.4 km NE

Handsome coaching inn on Malham's green, a busy walkers' base for the Cove and Gordale Scar.

7.5 km NE