Rest Days
Rest days can be incorporated into any walking holiday package at an additional £65.00 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. For walks outside those dates, please contact us. We provide a reduced out of season service, but still manage to meet the needs of most customers who contact us during this period.

Walk Information
Welcome to the Welcome way – a 28-mile circular walk in West Yorkshire

The planning of the Welcome Way started in 2015 as a collaboration between the three ‘Walkers are Welcome’ (WAW) communities of Otley, Burley in Wharfedale and Baildon in West Yorkshire. Bingley joined the project at a later stage when an extra 9-mile loop was added to the route. The entire project has incorporated sections of each of their previously published self-guided walking routes, resulting in this spectacular long distance circular walk.

The name ‘Welcome Way’ was chosen to reflect the four communities belonging to the nationally accredited ‘Walkers are Welcome’ scheme.

The route passes through stunning moorland landscapes, alongside rivers and reservoirs, across farmland, through woodland and local communities, affording the walker the opportunity to experience an area of outstanding natural beauty.

OS Explorer Maps
288 - Bradford & Huddersfield
297 - Lower Wharfedale & Washburn Valley

Guide Books
"The Welcome Way" by John Sparshatt 
Available from: www.welcomeway.org.uk

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.