Malhamdale Meander 3rd
May 2008
ALL checkpoints must be visited in the correct order and tally cards
clipped.
ROUTE GRID
REF approx.
MILES
Kirkby Malham 896610 Start
Hanlith Bridge 900612 0.3
Malham 901627 CP 1.4
Pikedaw 875640 CP 2.0
Combscar 892648 CP unmanned 1.6
Gordale Bridge 913635 CP Ref. available 1.8
Field Centre 894672 CP Ref. provided 3.0
Dew Bottoms 915697 CP unmanned 2.6
Parson’s Pulpit 919688 CP 0.6
Clapham High Mark 923681 CP unmanned 0.5
Great Close Mire 910665 CP 1.5
Lee Gate 927644 Ref. provided 2.0
Weets Top 925632 CP 1.0
Calton 912596 CP 2.6
Airton Bridge 904592 CP 0.5
Hanlith Bridge 900611 CP unmanned 1.3
Kirkby Malham 896610 Finish ! 0.3
TOTAL
MILEAGE ( approx
) 23
IMPORTANT. The section of
the walk from Dew Bottoms to Clapham
High Mark (
915697 to 923681 ) is on an area which does not have any
Public Right of
Way footpaths. Permission has kindly been granted by
the landowners to use
this route on 3rd May 2008 only.
Please respect
this facility and do
not walk over this area either before or after this date.
Malhamdale lies within the
outstanding natural beauty,
home of the Bird’s Eye Primrose and many
other rare wild
flowers, and home to Peregrine Falcons.
In the words
of Wainwright, this
is “limestone scenery at its very best”. These dry
stone walls and
glaciated pavements of clints and grykes,
these waterfalls,
dry valleys and peaty
moorlands have, over the centuries inspired artistic
giants such as Turner to
come to paint ( Gordale Scar ), Elgar to visit and
compose, and Charles
Kingsley, staying at Malham Tarn House, to write
‘The Water
Babies’. In the story, as ‘Tom’ arises from the water the first
sound he hears is the
sonorous voice of the tenor bell from the church of
St. Michael the
The Meander has been
organised by local volunteers along lines recommended
by the LDWA. All profits will be donated to local charities. This year the
money will be split between the local school and church
which is in need of repair.
PLEASE NOTE - NEW ROUTE FROM WEETS TOP
Malhamdale Meander 3rd
May 2008
ALL checkpoints must be visited in the correct order and tally cards
clipped.
ROUTE GRID
REF approx.
MILES
Kirkby Malham 896610 Start
Hanlith Bridge 900612 0.3
Malham 901627 CP 1.4
Pikedaw 875640 CP 2.0
Combscar 892648 CP unmanned 1.6
Gordale Bridge 913635 CP Ref. available 1.8
Field Centre 894672 CP Ref. provided 3.0
Dew Bottoms 915697 CP unmanned 2.6
Parson’s Pulpit 919688 CP 0.6
Clapham High Mark 923681 CP unmanned 0.5
Great Close Mire 910665 CP 1.5
Lee Gate 927644 Ref. provided 2.0
Weets Top 925632 CP 1.0
Calton 912596 CP 2.6
Airton Bridge 904592 CP 0.5
Hanlith Bridge 900611 CP unmanned 1.3
Kirkby Malham 896610 Finish ! 0.3
TOTAL
MILEAGE ( approx
) 23
IMPORTANT. The section of
the walk from Dew Bottoms to Clapham
High Mark (
915697 to 923681 ) is on an area which does not have any
Public Right of
Way footpaths. Permission has kindly been granted by
the landowners to use
this route on 3rd May 2008 only.
Please respect
this facility and do
not walk over this area either before or after this date.
Malhamdale lies within the
outstanding natural beauty,
home of the Bird’s Eye Primrose and many
other rare wild
flowers, and home to Peregrine Falcons.
In the words
of Wainwright, this
is “limestone scenery at its very best”. These dry
stone walls and
glaciated pavements of clints and grykes,
these waterfalls,
dry valleys and peaty
moorlands have, over the centuries inspired artistic
giants such as Turner to
come to paint ( Gordale Scar ), Elgar to visit and
compose, and Charles
Kingsley, staying at Malham Tarn House, to write
‘The Water
Babies’. In the story, as ‘Tom’ arises from the water the first
sound he hears is the
sonorous voice of the tenor bell from the church of
St. Michael the
The Meander has been
organised by local volunteers along lines recommended
by the LDWA. All profits will be donated to local charities. This year the
money will be split
between the local school and church which is in need of repair.
PLEASE NOTE - NEW ROUTE
FROM WEETS TOP