Ingleton Waterfalls Walk

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Found in Ingleton, North Yorkshire, Ingleton Waterfalls walk is a well-known trail, now maintained by the Ingleton Scenery Company. It is claimed that the trail, some 8 kilometres (4.5 Miles) long, and with a vertical rise of 169m (554 feet) has some of the most spectacular waterfall and woodland scenery in the North of England.

Starting in the Broadwood car park the trail takes walkers along the banks of the River Twiss, through Swilla Glenn with its coin embedded tree and on to Pecca Falls, Pecca Twin Falls, Holly Bush Spout and Thornton Force. A footbridge bridge crosses the Twiss and leads on to Twistleton Lane, where in summer there is often an Ice Cream Van waiting to serve hot and thirsty tourists. Following Twistleton Lane down past Scar End Farm and Twistleton Hall the walk crosses Oddies Lane to Beezley's Farm.

Past Beezley’s the trail starts its decent along the banks of the River Doe. This river emerges near God's Bridge close to the settlement of Chapel-le-Dale and flows gently until it reaches the waterfalls walk at Beezley's Falls Triple Spout (with its three waterfalls side-by side). As the walk continues, you look down 18 metres onto Rival Falls and then onto Baxenghyl Gorge, Snow Falls and finally walk through Twistleton Glenn and back to Ingleton.

In Ingleton, the Twiss and the Doe meet to form the River Greta, which in turn flows into the River Lune (this is not the River Greta in Cumbria nor the Greta flowing into the Tees).

English Nature has designated the River Twiss and River Doe areas of the Waterfalls Trail as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).