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Ingleton, surrounded
by magnificent countryside with caves, waterfalls, and mountains.
Ingleton lies on one of the main East-West routes across the
Pennines used from prehistoric times, in the foothills of
Ingleborough on the very edge of Yorkshire’s Dales.
The village was a
quarrying and coal mining village, quarrying continues but
coal mining has stopped, the only sign being the in the area
known as New Village which was built for the miners and their
families.
The village
streets are narrow and winding, centred on the market place,
where traces of the old bullring are still visible in the
tarmac.
The Church
of St. Mary's has one of Ingleton's oldest relics, an 800
year old Norman font, found in the river in the last century.
Mary Doyle,
the mother of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, lived in nearby Masongill.
Around the area glaciation
on the limestone has produced scars, erratics, limestone pavements,
high cliffs and deep gorges, and below the surface are underground
rivers, potholes and spectacular caves, some of which you
can visit.
There is a heated
open air swimming pool in Ingleton.
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What
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Ingleton Tourist Attractions
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 Ingleborough,
723 metres, 2372 feet, high , one of of Yorkshire's Three Peaks,
the others being Whernside and Penyghent, all of which can be
climbed from here. The climb up is on a path from the village.
It gets popular, with up to 120,000 people climbing up Ingleborough
in a year. You can also start from Clapham, just east along
the main road, so you can visit Ingleborough Cave and Gaping
Gill, where the highest underground waterfall in Britain plunges
down at the start of a network of caves.You can take the Ingleborough
Estate Reginald Farrer Nature Trail, small charge here. If you
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| Waterfalls
Walk, get a leaflet
from the Tourist Information Centre, to experience some of the
most spectacular waterfall and woodland scenery. The walk is
about 4.5 miles through ancient woodland and Dales scenery passing
a series of waterfalls. Very popular, so don't expect to be
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Ingleborough
Caves, Clapham,
LA2 8EE, popular since discovered in 1837, the tours, every
hour on the hour, follow a route through the caves and passages,
all floodlit. Shop. etc.Tel: 01524 251242  |
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Scar Cave, Ingleton,
LA6 3AW, north towards Hawes on B6255, take the 80 minute tour
of White Scar Cave from the entrance discovered in 1923, past
waterfalls and through galleries to the 200,000 year old Battlefield
Cavern, over 330 feet long, cafe, picnic area, shop. Open: 10:00-
17:30 daily, not Xmas,Tel: 01524 241244 |
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le Dale, towards
Hawes on B6255, small church has memorial to the workers, including
children, who died constructing the Settle-Carlisle railway
line, buried in a mass grave. |
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Where
To Stay in Ingleton
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Ingleton LA6 3HU Tel: 01244 357717
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Located close to the attractive village of Ingleton and eight miles from Kirkby Lonsdale is this outstanding barn conversion Boasting four floors of first class accommodation, this property has been converted to the highest of standards....
Sleeps up to 10 in 4 bedrooms
. Changeover Day: Sat Price Guide: 392.00-1552.00
Phone Bookings & Enquiries: 01244 357717
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Chapel-le-Dale near Ingleton LA6 3AU Tel: 01244 357717
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Three Peaks Barn is a cottage located on a working farm near to Chapel-le-Dale on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales....
Sleeps: 13 Bedrooms: 6 Bathrooms: 5 Changeover Day: Fri Price Guide: £905 - £2135 a week.
Phone Bookings & Enquiries: 01244 357717
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Burton-in-Lonsdale near Ingleton LA6 3LG Tel: 01244 357717
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Joiners Arms is a stone built property on the high street in the village of Burton in Lonsdale. The two bedrooms - a king-size double and single - make it suitable for both couples or small families looking to enjoy a Yorkshire break....
Sleeps: 3 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1 Changeover Day: Fri Price Guide: £252 - £447 a week.
Phone Bookings & Enquiries: 01244 357717
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Days Out in and around Ingleton
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Settle for a trip to Carlisle. |
Towns near Ingleton To Visit - straight line distance:
Settle Tourist Information (9.55 miles) Carnforth Tourist Information (12.32 miles) Slaidburn Tourist Information (12.94 miles) Hawes Tourist Information (15.13 miles) |
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Area
Telephone Code
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Information
Centre
Community
Centre
Ingleton
LA6 3HG
Tel: 01524 241049 |
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