Beacons Way (Whalley to Otley)
A 50-mile long distance footpath from Whalley in Lancashire to Otley in Yorkshire by way of the Aire Gap. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SD 733 361
Distance: 50 miles (80 km)
Time: 20–25 hours
Duration: 3–5 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL2 Yorkshire Dales – Southern and Western Area
OL21 South Pennines – Burnley, Hebden Bridge, Keighley and Todmorden
OL41 Forest of Bowland and Ribblesdale
287 West Pennine Moors, Blackburn, Darwen, Accrington and Bolton North
297 Lower Wharfedale and Washburn Valley
Summary
In the words of Jim Jarratt, the walk's creator: "The Beacons Way is a long-distance walk from Whalley in Lancashire to Otley in Yorkshire, passing over Pendle, Pinhaw and Beamsley Beacons by way of the Aire Gap. It is also a journey into traditions, folklore, earth mysteries and accounts of witches—on both sides of the Pennines." Places visited during the walk, in order from start to finish, include Whalley, Clerk Hill, Wiswell Moor, Wilkin Heys, Nick of Pendle, Apronfull Hill, Badger Wells Hill, Black Hill, Ogden Clough, Pendle Hill, Barley, the Black Moss Reservoirs, Burn Moor, Blacko, White Moor, south of Barnoldswick, Earby, Stone Pit Hill, Hare Hill, Pinhaw Beacon, Gib Side, Cononley, Farnhill, Kildwick, Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Airedale, Holden Beck, Addingham High Moor, Beamsley Beacon (Howber Hill), Round Hill, Lippersley Ridge, Timble, Snowden Crags, Clifton, Farnley, and Otley.