Malhamdale Meander          12th May 2012             

 

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 7th May 2011  only. Please respect

this facility and do not walk over this area either before or after this date.

Malhamdale lies within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, an area of

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 Archangel, Kirkby Malham.

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