Connect Cross Hills with Slow Ways
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Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
Give a hike and help get a for every one of Cross Hills’s Slow Ways.
Walk to Cross Hills from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Cross Hills—Keighley
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Crokei one |
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3 X |
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Review me | Distance 8km/5mi | Ascent 260m | Descent 258m | ||
Cross Hills—Silsden
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Crosil one |
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3 X |
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Review me | Distance 5km/3mi | Ascent 37m | Descent 34m | ||
Cross Hills—Silsden
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Crosil two |
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3 X |
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Review me | Distance 5km/3mi | Ascent - | Descent - | ||
Earby—Cross Hills
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Earcro one |
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4 X |
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Review me | Distance 13km/8mi | Ascent 345m | Descent 370m | ||
Skipton—Cross Hills
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Skicro one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 9km/5mi | Ascent 83m | Descent 80m | |
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Skipton—Cross Hills
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Skicro two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 9km/5mi | Ascent 61m | Descent 61m | ||
Skipton—Cross Hills
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Skicro three |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 9km/5mi | Ascent - | Descent - | ||
Trawden—Cross Hills
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Tracro one |
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3 X |
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Verify me | Distance 13km/8mi | Ascent 306m | Descent 229m |
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Collective progress
66% of Cross Hills’s five route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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3 people have contributed to Cross Hills’s Slow Ways
0 people have pledged to walk and review a route
6 people have surveyed a route in Cross Hills
70km out of 70km have been walked and reviewed
83km of reviews have been shared in Cross Hills
Latest Updates
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
Mary Oz added Skicro three, a new walk from Skipton to Cross Hills
Walk this routeHeading 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
Mary Oz added Crosil two, a new walk from Cross Hills to Silsden
Walk this routeAt 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
joeldalby added Skicro two, a new walk from Skipton to Cross Hills
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Crokei one, a new walk from Cross Hills to Keighley
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Crosil one, a new walk from Cross Hills to Silsden
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Skicro one, a new walk from Skipton to Cross Hills
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Tracro one, a new walk from Trawden to Cross Hills
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Cross Hills’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SE0049344952
Lat / Lon
53.90075° / -1.99399°
Easting / Northing
400,493E / 444,952N
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Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Cross Hills's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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