Yorkshire Dales Villages Road Trip 🚗🌿🏘️
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Explore the picturesque villages of the Yorkshire Dales — perfect for walking, photography and a pub lunch.
Yorkshire Dales Villages Road Trip Itinerary Summary
📍 Appletreewick 🍺
📍 Burnsall 🌉
📍 Kettlewell 🧺
📍 Malham 🏞️
📍 Horton-in-Ribblesdale ⛰️
📍 Ingleton 🌿
📍 Dent 🚶♂️
📍 Thwaite 🏡
📍 Orton 🐑
📍 Crosby Ravensworth 🌾
Total Distance: 🚗 Approx. 125 miles
📸 Photos & Info are located further down. Keep scrolling to see all these places. ⬇️
This Yorkshire Dales Villages Road Trip is ideal for peaceful getaways, nature lovers, and fans of the great British countryside. 🌤️🥾📸
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🚗 Need a car for this road trip?
If you don’t have your own car, I’d really recommend renting one — it gives you the flexibility to stop at each waterfall and explore at your own pace.
I usually use DiscoverCars to compare prices and find the best deals across different rental companies.
👉 It’s really easy to use:
- Compare multiple providers in one place
- Cheaper than booking direct
- Free cancellation on most options
- Their 3rd party insurance is a lot cheaper
- They have a great customer service for claims (though I hope you won’t have to use it!
Additional Information and Highlights
📍 Kettlewell
📍 Malham Cove 🏞️
A 70-metre (230ft) high limestone cliff with beautiful views and that was used as a filming location for Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
🅿️Parking: There is a car park (pay and display) by the visitor centre. If you get there very early, you might be able to score a free spot on the side of the road but there are only a few. Alternatively, some fields are opened as carparks when it’s busy but it’s a flat fee for the day.
🧙Harry Potter: In the movie, you can see Harry and Hermione setting up a camp on the stones of Malham Cove.
🥾3 walk options:
- Malham Cove (there and back with quite a lot of steps though) – 3.4km, easy, 1 hour – See trail here
- Janet’s Foss, Gordale Scar & Malham Cove trail. 8 km, moderate, 2h30m – See trail here
- Malham Tarn via Gordale Scar – 12.1 km, hard – See trail here
💡 My Top Tip: I’ve done all of these hikes several times and I truly think that the 8k hike via Janet’s Foss and Gordale Scar is the best overall as it’s long enough for you to see everything, you get better views of Malham Cove than from the direct route and it’s not too hard either.
📍 Ingleton
📍 Dent
📍 Thwaite
Hi
Great web site enjoy looking at the maps you have done. As a thought it would also be good to include free overnight stays for motorhomes you would get loads of people buying you coffee or two
Hi Bob, thank you for the suggestion. It’s on my list, hopefully I can make it happen soon 🙂