The Ingleton Waterfall Walk
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Gain (+/- 10%): 184m (604ft)
Total (+/- 10%): 365m (1197ft)
Loss (+/- 10%): 181m (593ft)
Max. Elevation: 280m (918ft)
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OL2 - Yorkshire Dales: S & W areas
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Ingleton is a great little village - look out for the Ye Olde Village Sweet Shop, with its old-fashioned jars of classic treats. Or head to Bernie's Cafe if you need some hot grub. The waterfalls walk is well signposted throughout the village.
The path follows the River Twiss to start with, quickly taking you to the first waterfall, Swilla Glen. The route passes through woodland on this section, with a good diversity of wild flowers.
There are two separate waterfalls in quick succession here - First Pecca Falls and Pecca Twin Falls. As the route rises out of the valley, the woodland gives way to heathland.
The path gets steeper as it leads up to Hollybush Spout, but there is a cafe here if you need sustenance. Carry on to Thornton Force, the largest waterfall on the route.
The footpath leaves the Twiss and crosses the farmland at the foot of Twisleton Scar End, the craggy southern tip of Whernside - one of the Yorkshire Dales' Three Peaks.
The route becomes a riverside walk once more, but this time it's the River Doe. The first waterfall on this section is Beezley Falls, with three separate falls running side by side.
Next are Rival Falls, where the path looks down on the water from a great height. Carry on through Baxenghyll Gorge, where there is a bridge that spans the river - great for a photo of the water crashing through the gorge!
The last waterfall of the day is Snow Falls, which flows out of the end of the gorge. Carry on along the riverside path into Ingleton. Look out for the old quarries just off the path.
Back into Ingleton for some more sweets or a drink, and the bus home.
I'd have thought this is eminently suitable for families with children about 8+. The walk is more like 4 1/2 miles and there are quite a few steps along the way (mostly up the Pecca & down the Beezley), there is also invariably an ice-cream van (tea, coffee & cold drinks too) sat on the track below Twisleton Scar End (about where it shows 285 map height on the OS map) from (at least) spring to late autumn. The charge is because the route is predominatly on privately owned land.
Spot on, Mac. I've changed the walk so it now shows up under "suitable for families".