The Three Peaks, Whernside, Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent, lie, or rather soar, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Each year, thousands of visitors take up the challenge to reach the summit of one, if not all three. The Three Peaks Challenge is to walk 24 miles in 12 hours, reaching the top of each, in a circular route. Rich in historical Read more...

An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty stretching from Lancashire to North Yorkshire, the Forest of Bowland offers unparalleled walking, cycling and other outdoor activities. Covering 312 square miles from Lancaster in the east to Bentham in the north, Settle in the west and Clitheroe in the south, the Forest of Bowland is a vast area of natural beauty, flora and Read more...

Carnforth is an important railway junction on the main west coast London-Glasgow-Edinburgh routes with connections to the photogenic south and west Cumbria. During the two World Wars thousands of servicemen passed through Carnforth en route to duty overseas. But its main claim to fame is its starring role in David Lean’s romantic classic 1945 film, Brief Encounter. Step back in Read more...

In the Yorkshire Dales the Ribblehead Viaduct carries the Settle–Carlisle Railway across Batty Moss in the valley of the River Ribble. Spanning 400 metres across, with 24 huge stone arches reaching 32 metres above the moor, it is breathtaking Victorian engineering and a great photographic opportunity. Built by the Midland Railway, the Ribblehead Viaduct is situated 14 miles east of Read more...

Named after an enterprising lady selling hot salted pies to local market traders. Formerly known as ‘Cattle Market Yard’, the name had by 1911 changed to Salt Pie Lane. Cattle used to be sold in the adjoining Horse Market, and an enterprising lady living in the yard made hot salted mutton pies for sale to the traders. After consumption of Read more...

“I do not know in all my country, still less in France or Italy, a place more naturally divine.” 19th century art critic, social theorist, painter and poet John Ruskin From the far corner of the churchyard of St Mary’s follow the signs to Ruskin’s View where the path opens into Church Brow, a promenade high above the River Lune. Read more...

Also known as Kirkby Lonsdale Parish Church, in the diocese of Carlisle, the Church of St Mary the Virgin is Norman in origin, probably built between 1093 and 1130, although there was an old Saxon Church on the site before. The church displays a range of architectural styles, some dating from the early 12th century. The north aisle has three magnificent Norman Read more...