Details for The Settle Loop Bridleway and Cycle Track

The Settle Loop is the first part of the Pennine Bridleway to be opened in the Yorkshire Dales and consist of a 16km (10 mile) bridleway and cycle track that runs in a circuit across a section of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, amongst beautiful limestone scenery.

It forms part of the Pennine Bridleway which will eventually wind its way 560 km (350 miles) through the Pennine’s, and will use a mixture of newly created bridleways, old packhorse routes and drove roads. It is expected that the trail will be used by walkers, mountain bikers and horse riders.

A further 120 miles of the route are open, from Middleton Top in Derbyshire up to and including the Mary Towneley Loop. The section in between the Mary Towneley Loop and the Settle Loop is due to open in stages over the next few years. The market town of Settle in the Yorkshire Dales is the starting point of the loop. The trail then climbs upwards into the surrounding limestone upland before finally swooping back down towards Settle. This part of the trail incorporates winding lanes, open grasslands, gravel paths and limestone outcrops.There are several other bridleways around Settle which can be used to extend the trail.

You can get to Settle by train from Leeds, Bradford and Skipton along the well known Settle to Carlisle railway. Bicycles are also allowed on services. Settle is easily accessible by bus from Ingleton, Skipton and Clitheroe. There are also services that run in the summer...