I cannot really improve of the previous very comprehensive review, just to add that it is worth spending some time looking at the buildings in Keighley city centre as they include some fine examples of Victorian and Edwardian architecture. For example, the public library just over the road from the start/end point, was the first in England to be funded by Andrew Carnegie. I enjoyed the route and would walk it again....

Andrew Simmons

Instead of crossing the swing bridge, continue along the towpath until the next bridge, then turn right alongside the grounds of Kildwick church, right again at the Parish Rooms, currently a highly recommended cafe, to join the road, then follow the route as published...

Andrew Simmons

Once the road is reached, turn right to follow the lane, cross over the River Aire, then turn left to follow it for a short distance, before crossing the railway line. From here, turn left to follow a twisty road for about half a mile, which has no footpath....

Andrew Simmons

Leaving Earby uphill, the road lost its pavement, but it was quiet, and good views back started to appear. After I left the road there was a section that seemed to go through a private garden/drive area - something which happened several times on this route - but it is still a public right of way. The footpath turnoff at OS Grid Ref: SD 96602 45168 was slightly further south than the map indicated, and was a gap in the wall type stile, and the well-trodden field path back downhill heading towards Stone Gappe Farm was a bit further west, but clear to follow. From here there was a section of quiet tarmacked road, Binns Lane, before the final looked-private path led down into Cross Hills....

Mary Oz

Overall though a very nice route with a lot of high up sections with good views....

Alan Thorp

Heading along the road south from Skipton bus station, access to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath is gained immediately after crossing the canal. (An alternative to this, is to leave the bus station opposite the road end, over a footbridge over the canal, where you can then gain access to the towpath.) The route follows the towpath for four miles, all the way to Kildwick....

Mary Oz

After a short climb (17%) on a quiet road out of Trawden the route enters the first of many mostly sheep-grazed fields (with occasional cows). There is a gradual climb through more fields to reach Knarrs Farm, which was rather muddy, and had a deceptively high step up the stile to get back into the fields. There is a road descent of 17% to reach an easily missed squeeze stile into fields to reach Ickhornshaw Beck, which the route follows for some time....

Mary Oz

At Kildwick Ings, before the sharp footpath turnoff, it is easy to be misled into continuing alongside the river, but the route starts to move away from the river, by crossing a stile then following the field boundary to cross to another field....

Mary Oz

It is possible to stick to the main roads into Cross Hills, but this route uses a footpath which is accessed just before the petrol station, over a stone stile, which is a bit hidden from view....

Mary Oz

The climb continues on country roads with verges until Redcar Tarn, with its waterfowl, is reached....

Mary Oz