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Most walks therefore include one of these ‘Pennine’ criteria, while no walk is more than 16km (10 miles) from the watershed itself. But the author has had no qualms about including a few excellent walks that don’t comply with this constraint, such as Rombalds and Ilkley Moor (Walk 31), for example, Pendle Hill (Walk 32) and Ingleborough (Walk 21), in the belief that few would argue that they lacked Pennine qualities.

Walk grades

The grading of walks is a very subjective issue; what is ‘easy’ for one walker can be a scary experience for someone less experienced. In reality, nothing in the Pennines can safely be regarded as easy; the terrain is often bouldery and complex, marshy and trackless, or, more usually, a mix of all of these conditions. But, in order to convey some notion of the effort and walking skill involved in each route, four grades have been employed to categorise the walks.

 Moderate: shorter walks without significant height gain; some occasional issues with route finding or terrain, but generally straightforward