Six Dales Trail
38 mile walk from Otley, through Nidderdale to Middleham

The Six Dales Trail is a 38 mile route that starts in Otley, and winds across the entire length of the superb Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to end at Middleham, in Wensleydale.

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Holiday Packages

All our Standard Itineraries include:

  • Hand-picked accommodation in B&Bs / guest houses / inns / small hotels
  • En-suite facilities where available
  • Breakfast
  • Daily baggage transfers from our own team of local drivers
  • All booking fees

We will also endeavour to include all these in any custom itinerary you wish to build for this walk.

Itin A:   4D / 5N       £600 pp *

Day 1: Otley to Timble (8.7m)
Day 2: Timble to Wath (12.5m)
Day 3: Wath to Gollinglith Foot (10.3m), personal transport to Healey
Day 4: personal transport to Gollinglith Foot, walk to Middleham (8.3 m)

£700 solo walkers (plus single supplements)
£600 per person (based on two sharing)
£580 per person (based on group of 3)
£555 per person (based on group of 4 or more)

*price includes taxi

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Itin B:   2D / 3N       £360 pp *

Day 1: Otley to Wath (19.8 m)
Day 2: Wath to Middleham (18.6 m)

£420 solo walkers (plus single supplements)
£360 per person (based on two sharing)
£340 per person (based on group of 3)
£330 per person (based on group of 4 or more)

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Itin C:   3D / 4N       £485 pp *

Day 1: Otley to Bewerley (17.6 m)
Day 2: Bewerley to Gollinglith Foot (12.9m), personal transport to Healey*
Day 3: personal transport to Gollinglith Foot, walk to Middleham (8.3 m)

£570 solo walkers (plus single supplements)
£485 per person (based on two sharing)
£460 per person (based on group of 3)
£445 per person (based on group of 4 or more)

*price includes taxi

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* All headline holiday prices are shown per person, based on two people sharing.

Baggage Transfer

Baggage Transfer is automatically included in the price of all our Walking Holiday packages.

These prices are for anyone planning their own holiday and just need bags moving from one stop to the next.

Itin A

£200 per person (single)
£100 per person (based on two people)
£70 per person (based on group of 3)
£55 per person (based on group of 4 or more)

Max 17kg per bag

Itin B

£120 per person (single)
£60 per person (based on two people)
£40 per person (based on group of 3)
£30 per person (based on group of 4 or more)

Max 17kg per bag

Itin C

£170 per person (single)
£85 per person (based on two people)
£60 per person (based on group of 3)
£45 per person (based on group of 4 or more)

Max 17kg per bag

Note: If you are booking accommodation in an Airbnb, you must ensure that there will either be someone available to take collection/delivery of your bags or that they have appropriate, secure storage in the event that the proprietor is absent.

Walk Information

Rest Days
Rest days can be incorporated into any walking holiday package at an additional £70.00 per person per night

Solo Travellers
Solo travellers please contact us or use the booking form to send your proposed itinerary including dates, and we will price accordingly. Where possible, we take advantage of existing bookings from other clients to ensure you receive a cost effective service.

Alternative Itineraries
For alternative itineraries to those provided for this route, please contact us, or use the Booking Form to submit your proposed itinerary and number of participants and we will quote accordingly.

Walking Season Dates
Prices are based on the walk starting after 1st April and ending before 30th September.

Walk Information
The Six Dales Trail, which was launched in June 2010, starts in Otley, and winds across the entire length of the superb Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to end at Middleham, in Wensleydale.
Along its 38 mile length, the trail crosses the 5 watersheds that separate the six dales and which give the trail its name. From Wharfedale it crosses into Washburndale, then into Nidderdale, Colsterdale, Coverdale and finally Wensleydale. The terrain traversed by the trail varies from quiet steep pastures to high heather moorland, from stretches alongside fast-flowing rivers and through the 18th century parkland surrounding the ruins of Jervaulx Abbey. The entire route is full of interest and opens up areas that have not been downtrodden and eroded by the passage of a million boots.

OS Explorer Maps
297 - Lower Wharfedale & Washburn Valley
298 - Nidderdale
302 - Northallerton & Thirsk

Guide Books
"The Six Dales Trail" by John Sparshatt - Published by Walkers are Welcome - ISBN: 978-0956444103

Mobile Digital Mapping
Digital maps can be viewed on most modern smartphones using an appropriate app, downloaded from the app store associated with your device. Brigantes recommend that whichever app you use, it should support Ordnance Survey 1:25k or 1:50k scale maps. There are many apps to choose from, but the two main providers are Ordnance Survey and Memory Map.

Each provider’s app has its own benefits, but both provide all-important offline navigation, meaning your device does not need a mobile signal to work effectively on the trail.

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