Are you looking for a hard or challenging walk in Bingley and surroundings? Something you start early in the morning and finish late in the evening? Maybe you are after a good training walk for a long distance walking challenge like the Yorkshire Three Peaks? You've found the right page for it!
Baildon Moor is one of the locations surrounding Bingley which is great to go for a long walk!
Listing of hard & challenging self guided walks in Bingley & surroundings
We want you to enjoy your walks and we have many walking routes listed below in and around Bingley. If you decide to go on any of them, please take a look at the Countryside Code which has been updated recently.
After your walk, please leave us a comment and let us know what you think. Also don't hesitate to contact us if you need to report any issues you have encountered.
| Walk Title | Difficulty | Distance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baildon Moor Jaunt | Timing: 4 hours and a half | Hard 9.8 Miles - Circular Walk |  |
| A ramble in the Harden Valley | Timing: 5 hours | Hard 10.4 Miles - Circular Walk | |
| Ilkley Moor Walk | Timing: 5 hours | Hard 11.8 Miles - Circular Walk | |
| Bradford to Ilkley - The Dalesway Link | Timing: 5 to 6 hours | Hard 12.5 Miles - Linear Walk |  |
| Path of the Druid | Timing: 5 to 6 hours | Hard 12.5 Miles - Linear Walk | |
| The Stanza Stones - Hebden Bridge to Bingley | Timing: 7 to 8 hours | Hard 14.1 Miles - Linear Walk |  |
| The Stanza Stones - Bingley to Ilkley | Timing: 7 to 8 hours | Hard 14.5 Miles - Linear Walk | |
| Pennine Bridleway - Calder Aire Link | Timing: 9 hours | Hard 17 Miles - Linear Walk | |
| A Dales High Way - Saltaire to Skipton section 1 | Timing: 9 hours | Hard 17.7 Miles - Linear Walk | |
| Manorlands Meander | Timing: 9 hours | Hard 18 Miles - Circular Walk | |
| Harden Hike | Timing: 10 to 12 hours | Challenging 22 Miles - Circular Walk | |
| Burnley to Bingley | Timing: 10 to 12 hours | Challenging 23 Miles - Linear Walk | |
| Myrtle Meander | Timing: 10 to 12 hours | Challenging 25 Miles - Circular Walk | |
| Bingley Parish Boundary Walk | Timing: More than 12 hours | Challenging 32 Miles - Circular Walk | |
| Bradford's Millennium Way | Timing: More than 12 hours | Challenging 46.7 Miles - Circular Walk | |
Sources of hard and challenging self-guided walks
Bingley Walkers are Welcome Walks
We have a selection of self-guided walks in Bingley for you. We aim to add even more in the forthcoming future.
The Stanza Stones Trail
The Stanza Stones is a cultural initiative featuring six stones carved with Simon Armitage’s poems and laid in the picturesque landscape of the South Pennines.
The Long Distance Walkers Association
To the Long Distance Walkers Association (LDWA), any walk over 20 miles is recognised as a long distance walk.
"Bradford & Huddersfield - East Calderdale" 288 Map - Cover and Back
Circular Walk – 9.8 Miles – 4 hours and a half
This 10 mile self-guided walk will give you the opportunity to explore the scenic beauty of Baildon Moor and its surroundings, offering a diverse range of landscapes and picturesque views.
Circular Walk – 10.4 Miles – 5 hours
The Harden Valley, in the heart of the Brontë Country is definitely a little gem of a ramble on a nice sunny day! You won’t be disappointed by the variety of features it has to offer: woods, waterfalls, viaduct, moors and of course the views!
Circular Walk – 11.8 Miles – 5 hours
Ilkley Moor is one of the most iconic moors in Yorkshire and there are many features on this walk that might leave you speechless. And of course, the views from the top are quite something!
Linear Walk – 12.5 Miles – 5 to 6 hours
From Bradford Cathedral to Shipley and Saltaire village, this route is quite urban yet very leafy. The route then goes up through the woodlands of Shipley Glen, over farmland and across Bingley, Burley and Ilkley Moors to finally descends to Ilkley and to the start of the Dales Way at Ilkley Old Bridge on the River Wharfe.
Linear Walk – 12.5 Miles – 5 to 6 hours
The “Path of the Druid" is a Charity Challenge Walk that runs between the Druids Altars of St Ives in Bingley and the Druids Altar stones at Ogden Calderdale. The walk is about 12 1/2 miles in length.
Linear Walk – 14.1 Miles – 7 to 8 hours
There is only one stone on this walk, Mist Stone on Nab Hill between Oxenhope and Warley Moor Reservoir. Approaching Bingley, you will go through the wonderfull Goitstock waterfall near Harden and the Cottingley Woods.
Linear Walk – 14.5 Miles – 7 to 8 hours
You will visit three stones (Dew Stone, Puddle Stone and Beck Stone) as well as the Poetry Seat. Starting in Bingley with the Five Rise Locks, the gentle towpath walk becomes a climbing up to Rombalds Moor, crossing Ilkley Moor and finishing in Ilkley.
Linear Walk – 17 Miles – 9 hours
An enjoyable ride or ramble through 12 miles of the Bradford district and 5 miles of the Calderdale district joining St Ives at Bingley with the Pennine Bridleway National Trail at Clough Foot on the Widdop Road north of Heptonstall in Calderdale.
Linear Walk – 17.7 Miles – 9 hours
This exhilarating and challenging 90 miles route across the glorious high country of the Yorkshire Dales with over 13,900 ft of ascent starts in Saltaire near Bingley. However, you don't have to do it all in one go! It's divided in six sections and the first one from Saltaire to Skipton goes through part of Bingley.
Circular Walk – 18 Miles – 9 hours
A contrasting 18 miles route of moor and valley. Starting from Haworth and going over Penistone Hill, through Oxenhope and passing the Hewenden reservoir and railway viaduct and the waterfalls of Goitstock.
Circular Walk – 22 Miles – 10 to 12 hours
Using a mix of woodland, fields and moorland paths/tracks, the walk wich is 22 miles long makes a complete circuit of Rombald's Moor, giving extensive views of Airedale and Wharfedale.
Linear Walk – 23 Miles – 10 to 12 hours
The route also known as “B2B", with the highest point of the walk being Nab Hill at 1479 feet / 450 meters above sea level is a high level traverse of the Pennine watershed beginning in the Calder Valley at Burnley and finishing in the Aire Valley at Bingley.
Circular Walk – 25 Miles – 10 to 12 hours
To the south of Bingley and starting in Myrtle Park, this walk which is 25 miles combines rarely used paths with more popular routes. Places visited include Egypt, World's End, Queensbury and Haworth.
Circular Walk – 32 Miles – More than 12 hours
A circuit of Bingley parish, based on the ancient practice of 'beating the bounds'. Starting from Nab Wood near Cottingley, the route goes over Rombalds Moor via Keighley Gate, Riddlesden, Barcroft, Black Moor, Hewenden Viaduct and Willsden.
Circular Walk – 46.7Miles – 2 to 3 days
This 45 mile walk was created by a group of Countryside Service volunteers to commemorate the millennium. The whole route is within the Bradford Metropolitan boundary. 16 shorter circular walks link with the Millennium Way enabling the route to be walked in shorter sections.
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