Settle and Victoria Cave

This walk takes you into beautiful, isolated landscapes, passing Victoria Cave, and Warren Knots

November2002    

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1	Park in the main square of Settle, and head towards the Co-op Foodmarket. Start walking uphill along Constitution Hill. Leaving this road, continue up a stony pathway, passing a ruin on your right. The track is difficult by virtue of it's steep ascent.
2	Arriving at this point, (see picture) a wooden gate requesting dogs be kept under control. Go through this and continue forward past the fingerpost pointing to Malham 5 miles, do not veer right, but continue straight ahead. Enjoy the view to your left.
3	Go through this large wooden gate, (see picture) following the path ahead. On reaching the top of the rise, you can now see Pen-y-ghent in front of you. Ignore the wooden stepped stile on the wall over to your left. On reaching a small wooden gate, go through this, and bear right towards limestone outcrops and follow this path heading right. In the distance you will see a small wooden gate. Head for this, and go through the gate. (It's got a rusty metal spring)
4	Follow the path keeping a five foot high wall to your right, and the view to your left. Next, through this small gate, (see picture) straddled between two stone slabs, and follow the path round. (It can get quite muddy from here) After a while the path veers right at the copse end, and you will see a road in the distance. The large wood fence over on the left allows you access to the road. Here you must now take a sharp right and follow the secondary road up about 500 yards towards a large metal gate. Go through this gate and continue up a stone pathway with a moss covered wall on your right. You will pass a fingerpost to Victoria Cave, and a barn on your right.
5	Ignore a small gate on your right, and go through this large metal gate continuing up the stony road. On reaching a large metal gate, go through this, and immediately turn sharp right. Follow a trail, and the signpost for Victoria Cave. Go through a small swing gate, and follow the single track, with the wall on your right, and scree and hill to the left. Soon you reach a warning sign, and a path over to your left taking you to the entrance of Victoria Cave. SD 837650. Enter at your own risk. You are advised not to.
6	Once you have satisfied your curiosity, and read the information board, continue back on the path and go through the small wooden gate pictured here. Head downhill initially on a grass track, and then on a rocky path.
7	Eventually over on your right a wall with a wooden stepping stile. (Pictured) Cross over this from left to right. Now just follow the path downhill, and eventually around to the right. Here there are beautiful views all around. There is a wall now on your left, with a wooden stile, ignore the stile, and head upwards keeping the wall on your left. At a wooden stepping stile ahead, climb this, but beware; flooding is almost permanent here. With the wall still to your left, pass a wall end and a small cave entrance over to the right.
8	Ahead of you now is a large metal gate, seen here. Go through this, or the space on it's right. From here it is all downhill. Eventually, directly ahead, are distant views above Settle. You will finally arrive at the pathway you originally started from. Follow this down and back into town. Toilets are situated in the large Car Park in Settle by the petrol station.

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This walk (and pictures) submitted by Crag Face. Good work, fella.

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