Skipton on the southern edge of the national park is the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales and has plenty to interest the visitor with it's canal and castle.  The Leeds & Liverpool Canal is described here from Gargrave to the Five Rise Locks at Bingley. For the railway enthusiast there are the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. Although not in the Yorkshire Dales National Park the iconic Ilkey Moor is featured here.

Skipton	Ilkley	Barnoldswick	Gargrave
Ilkley Moor	Leeds & Liverpool Canal	Keighley & Worth Valley Railway	Embsay Steam Railway
Mother Shipton's Cave	Foulridge Tunnel	Thornton in Craven Limestone Tunnel	Pubs

EASTERN DALES      NORTHERN DALES      THE THREE PEAKS & SETTLE

WESTMORLAND DALES      SKIPTON AND ILKLEY MOOR      NIDDERDALE

FOREST OF BOWLAND    PENNINE WAY & COAST TO COAST PATHS

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