Walks you can reach from Langwathby by train

Wild moorland, pathless plateau, rough pasture, lonely valleys, tarns, infant river fords and a waterfall.

Time: 6h

Warnings: Pathless, rough ground.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Moorland, mosses, heather, cotton grass, high plateau with tarns, elevated scarp path, steep descent on engineered path, farm tracks, limestone country with pavements, shake holes, sink holes and dry streambeds.

Time: 5h30

Warnings: Can be boggy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Open moorland, remote valleys, engineered hill paths, ancient trading routes, rocky scrambles, boggy plateau and sweeping Dales views.

Time: 4h30

Warnings: Can be boggy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Remote moorland ridge, lonely dales, upland fells, scarp edges, river pastures, commons and bucolic valley farmland.

Time: 6h

Warnings: Can be boggy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Grassy moorland, high fells, quiet roads, good tracks, open views, railway viaducts, becks and pastures.

Time: 5h

Warnings: Can be boggy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Wild remote fell, moorland plateau, Pennine Way paths, lonely pastures, limestone country, waterfall, elevated bridleways above valley and views of green dales and tarn.

Time: 3h–6h

Warnings: Can be boggy/rough.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Similar walk: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Upland fell, exposed moorland, peat bog, limestone country with shake holes and swallow holes, river gorge, narrow woodland path, scenic valley, heathery commons and pastures.

Time: 5h

Warnings: Can be boggy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Both natural beauty and historical interest abound; the view back to Pen-y-ghent was really impressive. A valley walk that weaves from one side of the railway to the other, with enough height gained for good views. Field paths and limestone pavement and a stretch of B-road; a National Nature Reserve path that is stony and rough at times with stone paving across boggier sections. Gates including one with steps. Crosses a level crossing. Passes through the Wild Ingleborough National Nature Reserve, with wild flowers and moorland birds. Weaves across the Settle-Carlisle Railway and passes railway cottages, an old limekiln and a 17th-century farmhouse. An optional diversion via Alum Pot crosses private land with a suggested honesty-box donation.

The Ribblehead Viaduct: A 24-arch Victorian railway viaduct built 1870-1875 carrying the Settle-Carlisle line across Batty Moss beneath Whernside.

Time: 3h–6h

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk. Care needed on the busy B-road from Ribblehead towards Selside, with several stretches lacking verges or shoulders.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Reverse direction: the Saturday Walkers Club.

Spectacular countryside.

Time: 7h–13h30

Walk details: Railwalks.

Beautiful forest views and rock sculptures; Lovely very varied route. A long, varied route through woods, fields, riverside and forest tracks, with some road walking. Parts are a bit up and down, after heavy rain there can be a fair amount of mud, plus some difficult steps over tree roots near Armathwaite. Some fast sections of road between Cotehill and Cumwhinton and the motorway junction. Coombs Wood near Armathwaite is a highlight, with rock sculptures. The route can be tackled over two weekends, breaking at Armathwaite, with good facilities at either end and several points on the way.

Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.

Time: 7h30–14h30

Lunch: Pubs at Armathwaite, Cotehill and Cumwhinton along the way.

Warnings: Some fast road sections between Cotehill, Cumwhinton and the M6 junction. Difficult steps over tree roots on the exit from Coombs Wood into Armathwaite. The riverside path along the River Petteril may flood in high rainfall. Can be muddy.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 6h–12h30

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Leaves Penrith on well-trodden woodland paths over Beacon Hill (not rights of way but well used), then a fairly level track to a road. Quiet, undulating, peaceful lanes with good views, a short busier stretch on the A686, then quiet roads and a narrow woodland track and riverside fields beside the River Eden. Passes Long Meg and her Daughters, a spectacular ancient stone circle (with docile cows), and the Beacon Tower viewpoint is a short diversion. Langwathby, near the midpoint, has a pub, café, shop, buses and a station on the Settle-Carlisle line.

Hilly: a quarter on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.

Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.

Time: 5h–9h30

Lunch: Langwathby, near the midpoint, has a pub with food, an outdoor café on the green and a convenience store.

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk. One point on the route off Beacon Hill has been blocked off by a wall and barbed wire with private signage; access is difficult. The A686 stretch is busy for about half a mile (good verge and a separated section on the bridge). Motocross bikes have churned up the narrow woodland track near the stone circle, making it muddy.

Walk details: Slow Ways.