Burley Bridge Hike
A 20-mile long distance footpath in West Yorkshire which covers some of the lovely countryside of Yorkshire’s Wharfedale valley. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SE 162 457
Distance: 20 miles (33 km)
Time: 7–10 hours
Duration: 1 day
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL21 South Pennines – Burnley, Hebden Bridge, Keighley and Todmorden
288 Bradford, Huddersfield and East Calderdale
297 Lower Wharfedale and Washburn Valley
Summary
The Burley Bridge Hike is an annual challenge walk which was devised in 1996 as a fundraiser with the eventual aim of putting a footbridge over the River Wharfe at Burley-in-Wharfedale. From the start in the popular village of Burley-in-Wharfedale, the hike visits Rombalds Moor, Ilkley Moor, Addingham High Moor, Bingley Moor, and Burley Moor, passing Scalebor Park, Hangingstones Road, the Cow and Calf Rocks, Rocky Valley, Ilkley Crags, White Wells, the Swastika Stone, Noon Stone, Black Hill, Doubler Stones, Holden Gate, High Carr, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Riddlesden, Crossflatts, Micklethwaite, White Flush, Fenny Shaw, Ashlar Chair, Lanshaw Lad, the Twelve Apostles Stone Circle, Great Skirtful of Stones, Craven Hall Hill, Carr Beck, and Hag Farm Road.