Two Roses Way

96 mile circular across the hills of Lancashire & Yorkshire

This is a six-day hill walk through Lancashire and the Yorkshire Dales, extending to around 96 miles of northern scenery and interesting market towns.

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Holiday Packages

All our itineraries include:

Hand-picked accommodation in B&Bs / guest houses / inns / small hotels
Accommodation before and after your walk
Breakfast
Daily baggage transfers from our own team of local drivers

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

Itin A: 6D / 7N £880 pp *

Day 1: Billington to Gisburn (14m)
Day 2: Gisburn to Skipton (16.2m)
Day 3: Skipton to Malham (17.6m)
Day 4: Malham to Slaidburn – taxi to Settle (18.8m)
Day 5: Taxi to Slaidburn, walk to Gibbon Bridge, near Chipping (18.2m)
Day 6: Gibbon Bridge to Billington (11.6m)

£880 per person (based on two sharing – taxis included)

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Itin B: 7D / 8N £1090 pp *

Day 1: Billington to Gisburn (16.5m)
Day 2: Gisburn to Skipton (17.9m)
Day 3: Skipton to Linton (10.6m)
Day 4: Linton to Settle (12.8m)
Day 5: Settle to Slaidburn – taxi to Settle (13m)
Day 6: Taxi to Slaidburn, walk to Gibbon Bridge, near Chipping (18.2m)
Day 7: Gibbon Bridge to Billington (10.6m)

£1,090 per person (based on two sharing – taxis included)

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

** Prices may vary depending on availability, time of year, number of travellers and room type. Please enquire for a personalised quote.

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.

BAGGAGE ONLY

Please enquire for prices

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

Holiday Options
Walk Info
Maps & Guide Books

Rest Days
Rest days can be incorporated into any walking holiday package.

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
This is a six/seven day hill walk through Lancashire and the Yorkshire Dales, extending to around 100 miles of northern scenery and interesting market towns. The walk can be for a one-week walking holiday, but each section is self-contained, and suitable for day walks, based on the towns of Whalley, Gisburn, Skipton, Malham, Slaidburn and Chipping.

OS Explorer Maps
OL2 – Yorkshire Dales – Southern & Western areas
OL21 – South Pennines
OL41 – Forest of Bowland & Ribblesdale

Guide Books
“Two Roses Way” by Peter Billington, et. al – Published by Sigma Leisure – ISBN: 978-1850583387

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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Walkers' Testimonials

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2 Replies to “Two Roses Way”

Lynn Leslie says:

22nd May 2023 at 08:58

We have just completed the Two Roses Walk. We would like to thank Brigantes for the excellent bag transfer service. We have used this service several times now and it has always been a very reliable and efficient service. Great organisation and always helpful. Thank you.

The walk itself was beautiful. We had been to the Yorkshire Dales many times but hadn’t ventured into the Ribble Valley, which was lovely. Parts of the walk were more challenging from a navigation point of view than some we have undertaken. It is not sign posted like the Wolds Way or the Dales Way. Some of the paths were across open access land which proved more difficult, especialy as it was quite boggy. We had a problem finding the path through the forest, near the stream, on the stretch from Settle to Slaidburn.

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1. Peter Billington says:
  
  28th May 2023 at 17:14
  
  Hi Lynn, so sorry to hear you had navigation problems on the Two Roses Way. I devised the route and drew the sketch maps for the Sigma Press book. The route is now 40 year’s old and the guide book needs updating to take account of changes. Please accept my apologies for the difficulties you had. Peter Billington
  
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