If you're planning on staying at YHA Slaidburn, why not download a free map and get out exploring?
All our self-guided walks start and end at a YHA hostel and are graded so that you can explore the area at your own pace.
Easington
A lovely route with views over Slaidburn and surrounding fells
Moderate route (PDF, 0.8MB)
3.2 miles, takes 1h 15m - 2h 30m
Stocks Reservoir
A pleasant walk through farmland and around Stocks Reservoir
Moderate route (PDF, 1.1MB)
11.1 miles, takes 4h 30m - 7h 45m
Wolfhole Crag
A long and challenging route through remote moorland with awesome views of the Lancashire Fells and Forest of Bowland
Challenging route (PDF, 1.1MB)
15.6 miles, takes 8h - 9h 15m (caution slow walkers, may require over 13h)
All our walking routes are tried and tested to help you explore this beautiful part of England. To assist with route selection and planning, you’ll also find a description of the hazards and facilities, accessibility information and points of interest on the maps
Want to understand more about our maps or develop your walking skills? Here are some useful guides we have created to help you to prepare for your chosen walk
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Slaidburn is the classic stopping point on the Lands End to John O’ Groats route. The village is best appreciated in the evening, when the tourists have gone home and the village appears just as it...
Get out and about on your bike and enjoy the landscape, with lots of forest and hill trails to discover and breathtaking views of the Stocks Reservoir.
Discover a living history of this historic house dating back to the 13th Century, the oldest surviving family home in Lancashire. Based in the Forest of Bowland, not far from Clitheroe, there's also a...
Explore this historic landmark and take a journey through 350 million years of history, heritage and geology of the area. More information on the Castle website. Also see the local Borough Council web...
72 mile route from Settle to Carlisle takes you on a journey through the magnificent Yorkshire Dales. Visit the website
This magnificent engine in a working cotton mill, steams on most Sundays during the summer.
A wonderland of sculpted passages and beautiful cave formations which were hidden behind large calcite dams until 1837.
Nearby Chapel-le-Dale is the historical starting point of the Yorkshire Three Peak Challenge. So if you’re planning to take on Ingleborough, Pen-y-Ghent and Whernside, then YHA Ingleton is ideal. Of...
With wide open sky above you, beautiful rolling hills around you and winding roads that sweep along with very little traffic, the Yorkshire Dales is a cyclists dream.
The rolling hills and virtually traffic-free roads around us make for superb cycling country while Gisburn Forest (20 miles away) has red, blue and green routes to suit all ages and mountain biking...
Canoeing, kayaking and rafting all available within the local area.
The Yorkshire Dales Cycle Way passes through Malham, and offers a classic 3 or 4 day cycle ride. Get out on your bike and enjoy the stunning landscape. Whether you’re after hard core down hills, or...
The Yorkshire Dales Cycle Way passes through Malham, and offers a classic 3 or 4 day cycle ride. Get out on your bike and enjoy the stunning landscape. Whether you’re after hard core down hills, or...
If you're planning on staying at YHA Malham, why not download a free map and get out exploring? All our self-guided walks start and end at a YHA hostel and are graded so that you can explore the area...
Malham Cove, as seen in one of the Harry Potter films, was used for training by the successful 1953 Everest Expedition, and has some of the toughest Limestone routes in the world.
Twisleton Scar is a single pitch cliff and is perfect for honing your climbing skills - top roping your family with the open vista spread out before you. Ingleton village's Indoor Climbing Wall is one...