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Walking the Dales Way 7 Days

Walking The Dales Way 7 Days

Welcome! You are in the stunning Yorkshire Dales National Park experiencing one of the most spectacular English highland landscapes. The Dales is steepled in tradition, excellent views, and some relatively untouched countryside. Enjoy the gentle undulating hills, limestone dales, ancient woodland, and waterfalls. The Dales are also home to several interesting, and undisputibly beautiful towns, villages and hamlets. 

Gently meandering through the dales is a 78 mile route, which starts at Ilkley, and finishes in the Lake District National Park, on the shores of Lake Windermere. 

To help you enjoy this wonderful route, we have put together this Dales Way 7 day itinerary for you to self-book your walking holiday. Click any of the overnight stops below to quickly scroll down to that section on the page. 

The accommodation on this page have been hand picked, and checked on Facebook, TripAdvisor, and via Google Reviews to ensure they are of an acceptable quality. Most can be booked direct, online either via booking.com, or through their own website. We have also added some super handy distances from the trail so you know how far you have to travel each day to start walking.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Please note, some of the accommodation options below include an affiliate link. If you book through these links Distance Hiker will receive a small percentage of the total price. This allows us to keep producing excellent resources to help you book your trail. Thanks, Matthew.

The Itinerary

Arrive in Ilkley for your first night stay

Day 1: Walk From Ilkley To Grassington – 19km

Day 2: Walk from Grassington to Hubberholme – 19km

Day 3: Walk from Hubberholme to Ribblehead – 19km

Day 4: Walk from Ribblehead to Dent – 16km

Day 5: Walk from Dent to Howgill – 16km

Day 6: Walk from Howgill to Burneside – 21km

Day 7: Walk from Burneside to Bowness on Windermere – 21km

Depart from Bowness on Windermere after breakfast

Arrive in Ilkley for your first night stay

The Black Hat

Rooms from £75.00 per night

The Gin Lounge & Rooms

Rooms from £118.00 per night

Ilkley Riverside Hotel

Rooms from £85.00 per night

Day 1: Walk From Ilkley To Grassington - 19km​

Clarendon Hotel

Rooms from £90.00 per night

Grassington Bunk Barn

Rooms from £26.00 per night

The Old Hall Inn

Rooms from £85.00 per night

Grassington House

Rooms from £135.00 per night

Station House B&B

Rooms from £70.00 per night

Craiglands B&B

Rooms from £50.00 per night

Day 2: Walk from Grassington to Hubberholme - 19km

The George Inn

Rooms from £90.00 per night

The Buck Inn

Rooms from £80.00 per night

Redmire Farm B&B

Rooms from £80.00 per night

The White Lion Inn

Rooms from £105.00per night

Day 3: Walk from Hubberholme to Ribblehead - 19km

Shepherds Cottage Luxury B&B

Rooms from £75.00 per night

The Station Inn

Rooms from £85.00 per night

Ashes Farm Bed & Breakfast

Rooms from £70.00per night

Day 4: Walk from Ribblehead to Dent - 16km

The Old Craft Barn

Rooms from £95.00 per night

Day 5: Walk from Dent to Howgill - 16km

The Black Bull

Rooms from £125.00per night

Daleslea Bed and Breakfast

Rooms from £95.00per night

Daleslea Bed and Breakfast

Rooms from £95.00per night

Day 6: Walk from Howgill to Burneside - 21km

Hollin Root Farm

Rooms from £76.00per night

Country Hotel

Rooms from £95.00per night

Shakespeare Inn

Rooms from £95.00per night

Day 7: Walk from Burneside to Bowness on Windermere - 21km

Bowness Guest House

Rooms from £85.00per night

Beechwood Hotel

Rooms from £92.00 per night

Oakfold House

Rooms from £86.00 per night

Depart from Bowness on Windermere after breakfast

We hope you found the accommodation options above helpful, and have managed to successfully book your trail. If not, don’t worry, we offer a handy booking service which you can access by hitting the link below. If you have any more questions related to the Cotswold Way, we have you covered in the articles below. Browse at your own pace, and should you have any specific questions feel free to jump onto live chat, or search our database of articles:

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