Places to explore near Long Preston StationLong Preston

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

0 km N

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

0.3 km SW · spans 6 counties

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

4.7 km N

Wild heather moorland and the Trough of Bowland.

4.9 km W

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

5.9 km N · North Yorkshire

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

7.1 km E · spans 8 counties

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

8.2 km N

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

8.3 km NE · North Yorkshire

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.

8.5 km N

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

8.7 km NE

Lancashire's largest forest with mountain-bike trails and birdwatching around big, quiet Stocks Reservoir.

9 km W

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

9.1 km SE · spans 5 counties

A hidden two-stage fall in a wooded gorge above Stainforth, a favourite walk of the composer Elgar.

9.2 km N

A series of low falls on the Ribble beside an arched packhorse bridge, where salmon leap in autumn.

9.4 km N

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

9.5 km NE

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

1.2 km SW · Lancashire, North Yorkshire & Cumbria

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

4.5 km N

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

5.8 km N

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

5.9 km N · Cumbria, North Yorkshire & West Yorkshire

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

5.9 km N

Settle's older twin across the Ribble, a village of narrow lanes below its famous school and green-domed chapel.

6.5 km N · North Yorkshire

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

6.9 km E

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

6.9 km NE · North Yorkshire

Ribblesdale village around a leafy green just north of Settle, a starting point for Catrigg Force and Winskill.

7.2 km N · North Yorkshire