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Take a Hike Group

We are the Take a Hike Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking
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Overview

On T'Moor.

Parts of the route will be wet and muddy. 

We head up past White Wells to High Lanshaw Dam and the Twelve Apostles Stone Circle.  From here we head across the moor to Whetstone Gate and Cowper's Cross.  We head across moorland to the Badger Stone and the Swastika Stone.  We then head back to Darwin Gardens, Ilkley.

 

https://www.thenorthernantiquarian.org/2008/09/12/white-wells-ilkley/

https://unknownstones.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/lanshaw-rocks-grub-stones.pdf

http://www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/twelveapostles.htm

https://www.michaelmelvin.co.uk/stanzastones/puddle_stone.html

https://www.thenorthernantiquarian.org/2008/09/30/cowpers-cross-ilkley-moor/

http://www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/badgerstone.htm

http://www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/swastikastone.htm

 

 

Sunday, 26 October 2025
Start time:
12:00 pm
Estimated finish time:
4:45 pm
Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
14.5km / 9.0mi
Ascent:
N/A
Type:
circular

Features

  • Accessible by public transport
  • Car parking available

Starting point

Grid reference:
SE 11725 47125
Nearest postcode:
LS29 9TF
what3words:
develops.blown.dandelions
Start time:
12:00 pm

https://darwingardens.org.uk/trails/ We'll meet by the maze of Darwin Gardens, which is on Wells Road. If the car park is full, it is possible to park on the roadside further up the hill. If travelling by public transport (bus or train), please allow enough time to walk to the meeting point.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking