Yorkshire Dales Short Break

This self-guided short break tour follows trails through the southern Yorkshire Dales with its picture-postcard stone villages, ancient woodland and spectacular waterfalls. Take a long weekend to de-stress and take relaxing walks in these classic Dales landscapes.

Classic Routes | If you’re the active, outdoorsy type, who’s interested in taking on the great routes of the world or looking for a challenge, then our Classic Routes are for you. We’re talking the West Highland Way, Tour Du Mont Blanc and the Passau to Vienna Danube Cycle Path, to name but a few!

Single Centre Walking | Stay in one location throughout your trip, exploring the region with a mix of loop and point-to-point walks and with time to discover an area, town, or village in-depth.

Solo Travellers

This tour is graded as easy to moderate. Although there are elevation gains and losses it is nothing too significant and the distances each day are fairly short. The walks are in a variety of terrain including, farmland, limestone uplands, wooded and riverside trails.  You will need to have good physical fitness to accomplish the walks on this tour. 

On this tour you will stay in carefully chosen guest houses, B&B's and small hotels, all located in charming Yorkshire Dales towns and villages.

Single Rooms & Solo Walkers

If you require single rooms we would be happy to accommodate you although there is a single room supplement payable.

We also welcome solo walkers on this tour, again a supplement is payable.

Meals

A hearty breakfast is included each morning. Lunch and dinner are not included so you are free to choose from the available options. Most of your accommodations will be more than happy to provide a packed lunch on request and this can be booked on arrival. Dinner is available either at your accommodation or in nearby pubs or restaurants. Since the Yorkshire Dales is recognised as being one of the greatest culinary locations in the UK you are sure to find some amazing local cuisine. (See more details on restaurants in your Information Pack).

At times the routes are well way-marked, for example when you walk along the Dales Way, the Airedale Way and the Settle Loop. However, you will also be walking on unmarked trails, though farmers fields and the countryside, so you will have to use your comprehensive route notes and your OS map, in conjunction with each other, in order to find your way. Therefore you will need to be able to read a map and navigate. We also provide GPS tracks for those who wish to take a GPS unit.

We offer this tour in the spring, summer and autumn. Advantages in the spring are the beautiful spring flowers in bloom. Temperatures will probably be at their best in the summer and in the Autumn/Fall it will be a bit quieter.

Availability

You can start your tour anytime between April and September. You can start your on any day of the week during the season as long as there is the availability.

Please note that on this tour we cannot take more than 6 people in one booking due to taxi transfer limitations. 

An included transfer will transport you from Skipton Railway Station to Grassington and vice versa on the final day. From here you can take trains to London (via Leeds and around a 3 hour journey), to Manchester (also via Leeds and  an approx. 2 hour journey). The most convenient airports to fly into and out of are  Leeds, London or Manchester.

Information on trains may be found on the Traveline or National Rail websites.

Transfers for you and your luggage are included. Your bags will be transferred from your accommodation as per your itinerary and moved onto your next overnight accommodation. We ask you to limit your luggage to one bag of up to 17kg per person.