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Photo of the Yorkshire Dales, a National Park in England.

Yorkshire DalesPhoto Ian Cylkowski / Unsplash

Places to explore near Skipton StationSkipton

29 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, a 127-mile canal running from Leeds to Liverpool, England.Highlight

Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Canal

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

0.1 km N · spans 5 counties

Photo of Skipton Castle, a castle near Addingham, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Skipton Castle

Castle near Addingham

Remarkably complete medieval castle, gateway to Dales.

0.9 km NE

Photo of the Yorkshire Dales, a National Park in England.Iconic

Yorkshire Dales

National Park near Gayle

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

1.6 km NW

Photo along the Pennine Way, a 268-mile National Trail running from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, England and Scotland.Highlight

Pennine Way

National Trail

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

5.1 km SW · spans 8 counties

Photo of The Angel at Hetton, a restaurant in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

The Angel at Hetton

Restaurant · With rooms near Hetton

A Dales inn turned fine-dining restaurant with rooms in a Yorkshire hamlet.

7.8 km N

Photo along the Pennine Bridleway, a 205-mile National Trail running from Middleton Top or Hartington to A683 at Cote Moor, England.Highlight

Pennine Bridleway

National Trail

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

9.2 km SW · spans 6 counties

Photo of Bolton Priory, a priory near Addingham in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.Iconic

Bolton Priory

Priory near Addingham

Priory ruin on a bend of the Wharfe.

9.3 km E

Photo of The Strid, a gorge near Appletreewick in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

The Strid

Gorge near Appletreewick

The full River Wharfe squeezed into a channel a stride wide at Bolton Abbey — beautiful, hypnotic, and reckoned unsurvivable if you go in.

9.5 km NE

Photo of Nidderdale, a National Landscape in North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Nidderdale

National Landscape near Pateley Bridge

A quiet Yorkshire dale of reservoirs, gritstone rocks and wooded gorges, next door to the Dales but with room to breathe

9.7 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Dales High Way, a 90-mile long-distance path running from Saltaire to Appleby-in-Westmorland, England.

Dales High Way

Long-distance path

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

0.6 km E · Cumbria, North Yorkshire & West Yorkshire

Photo: Sharp Haw, a 357m hill near Airton in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.

Sharp Haw

Marilyn near Airton

A Marilyn — a hill with 150 m of drop on every side in North Yorkshire.

4.6 km NW

Photo: Cracoe Fell, a 508m hill near Linton (Linton) in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.

Cracoe Fell

Marilyn near Linton (Linton)

A Marilyn — a hill with 150 m of drop on every side in North Yorkshire.

7.5 km N

Photo along the Pendle Way, a 45-mile long-distance path in England.

Pendle Way

Long-distance path

A loop of the Pendle countryside from Barrowford, waymarked with a witch on a broomstick and never far from the hill itself.

8.2 km SW · Lancashire & North Yorkshire

Photo along the Dales Way, an 80-mile long-distance path running from Ilkley to Bowness-on-Windermere, England.

Dales Way

Long-distance path

The gentlest of the classic long walks — riverside paths along the Wharfe and the Dee from Ilkley to the shore of Windermere.

8.7 km E · Cumbria, North Yorkshire & West Yorkshire

Cross Lanes Organic Farm

Farm & farm shop near Bolton Abbey

An organic farm shop, cafe and craft yard on the road near Bolton Abbey, selling home-reared and local produce.

9.2 km E

Photo of Robertshaw's Farm Shop, a farm & farm shop near Bolton Abbey in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.

Robertshaw's Farm Shop

Farm & farm shop near Bolton Abbey

A destination farm shop and deli near Bolton Abbey, its counters more than nine-tenths Yorkshire produce.

9.2 km E

Everything else within 10 km (13) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.