Step into Ingleton

08/08/2024

Don’t forget our mocktail swim this Friday ! Get your tickets now ! Only £10 including a free mocktail !

08/08/2024

The Gaping Gill Winch Meet is back this week for its final run this year, courtesy of the Craven Pothole Club! 👍

Here's what you need to know:
✅ Dates: 9th to 16th August 2024 (Friday to Friday)
✅ Location: Gaping Gill, Yorkshire Dales
✅ Cost: £20 per person
✅ No advance bookings - first come, first served
✅ Opens at 9am on weekdays, 8am on weekends

🧗‍♂️ This is your chance to descend 100 metres into one of Britain's largest underground chambers - typically only accessible to experienced cavers!

📝 Quick checklist for your adventure:
□ Sturdy walking boots
□ Warm, waterproof clothing
□ Snacks and water for the walk
□ Camera (if you're brave enough!)
□ A sense of adventure!

Want more info? Visit the Craven Pothole Club's website: https://www.cravenpotholeclub.org/index.php/about-gaping-gill/visit-gaping-gill

Don't miss this extraordinary opportunity to explore the depths of Yorkshire. 😍

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Photo © Copyright Andrew Tryon and licensed for reuse under CC-by-SA-2.0

26/07/2024

For Waterfalls Wednesday we're at Cautley Spout, England's highest cascade waterfall above ground and falling a total of 198m. It's quite the hike if you want to walk up the side of the falls and onto the Calf.

📸 Mark Sadler |

24/07/2024

Meet the upland commoners who farm in at our farming event this Saturday 27 July from 11am to 3pm at our Dales Countryside Museum in .

Watch sheep shearing demonstrations and learn how woolly jumpers are made from local wool. In the afternoon, the commoners will host an audience to chat about this way of life and why it is intrinsic to our British heritage and food production.

All included in the price of the museum admission, so you can take a look around and pop into the Fire Box Cafe which is on site too! 🫖🍰

Look forward to seeing you 👇

https://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/whats-on/upland-farming-in-the-dales-from-farm-to-fork-to-fleece-2/

20/07/2024

Meet a Commoner…& this lovely gang too!! 🐑🐏💙

19/07/2024

Come and ‘Meet a Commoner’!
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st July 24 From 11am - 3pm
This event is a great opportunity to learn about our upland commons, watch sheep shearing displays, & introduce yourselves to wool craft & the fantastic 100% wool products of Glencroft.
In the barn @ TWISLETON SCAR END. At the half-way point on the Ingleton Waterfall Trail (What 3 Words: Limitless.Spinning.Kick) or walk from Thornton Lane (see map). Please note this event is access on foot only, but we can accommodate Wheelchair Access - please contact Step into Ingleton.
For more information on The Foundation for Common Land & Glencroft, see the links below:

https://foundationforcommonland.org.uk/

https://www.glencroftcountrywear.co.uk/

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25/02/2024

It's an important time for farming in the with many pregnant ewes and the first lambs appearing🐑 If you're going to be in the this , enjoy making memories and;

🐕‍🦺 Keep dogs on leads, particularly around livestock
🚮 Take litter home
🙏 Thank you

📸 This fabulous photograph shared with us by Alison Taylor ARPS

14/02/2024

🍂 School holidays are NOT for binge watching Netflix or playing Xbox!

🥾 Peel the kids away from the screens and explore Ingleborough Estate Nature Trail, before exploring underground passages deep beneath Ingleborough mountain!

And if bribery is needed, our brownies in The Old Sawmill Café really are delicious 🤤

04/02/2024

27/01/2024

We've just published the first of many new guides related to caving: 'The Beginner's Guide to Caving' https://www.inglesport.com/beginners-guide-caving-explore-underground-world/ 👍

If you're just starting out or have been exploring underground worlds for years, this guide is packed with useful tips and insights. Share it with friends who are curious about caving or anyone looking to start their underground adventure. Dive in and discover the wonders beneath our feet!

07/01/2024

A stunning rural village within the Yorkshire Dales, Hawes is home to Gayle Beck - a stunning beck and waterfall which runs between houses.

24/12/2023

Did you know? 🤔

Underneath the counties of Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Cumbria, the "Three Counties System" is an intricate network of limestone caves and a marvel to behold.

At 86 km long, it is the longest cave system in the UK. However, in the near future, if a connection is made to the Kingsdale system then it will become the first cave system in the UK to be more than 100km long! 😲

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Photo by Tor Paulin, licensed CC-by-NC-SA-2.0

28/11/2023

✨🎄 This weekend!! 🎄✨ Sunday 3rd December. 🎄✨ Annual Christmas Fair at the Community Centre, Ingleton. Over 20 stalls with festive fun and gifts galore 🎁
Cafe stocked with delicious treats &
Santa has confirmed his arrival 🎅🏼✅
Raffle with lots of prizes - get your tickets from the Community Centre and/or on the day only £1 per square! ✨🎄✨

14/11/2023

Well at least all that water looks impressive somewhere! A snapshot of Ingleton Waterfalls post Storm Debi. Walk closed today but will still look impressive for a visit this week / weekend! 

20/10/2023

We’re so lucky to have the amazing The Courtyard Dairy just a short drive from Ingleton. If you’re in the area this is a MUST visit. And now award winning! … which is much deserved! 🧀🏆👏🏼

Thrilled to announce we've won Best Farm Shop Food & Drink Awards!
Full story in their magazine, but the whole team here are flattered and honoured to be awarded the winner!

17/10/2023

Fancy a cold water swim this weekend ? Why not come down and join us

Friday 6-8pm
Saturday 10am-2pm
Sunday 10am-2pm

Or if this weekend doesn’t work for you why not join us for our Halloween swim on Friday the 27th October 6-8pm (email us to book)

Last entry 30 minutes before the end of session

17/10/2023

Ingleton News - Still lots of events to enjoy in October & November. All event info available in the printed copy of Ingleton News available at the Community Centre. Drop in to pick up your copy. Summary reproduced with kind permission of the I.R.C.A.

02/10/2023

Our Christmas Event will return this November!! We hope you’ll join us on Friday 24th November between 5:30pm & 8:30pm for some festive fun 🎄☃️🎉

We had such a good turn out last year and we’re working hard to make it even bigger and better. The Christmas cabin, food, gift & clothing halls will be open for you to shop your festive favourites and our coffee shop will be full of some wonderful Christmas supplier stalls ✨

Yorkshire Dales Distillery Wild & Fruitful Appleby Creamery Bay Distilleries Kin Toffee Vodka Whitakers Chocolates Popcorn Kitchen Cakes From The Lakes Penningtons Spirits & Liqueurs St John's Hospice

06/09/2023

Clearly a man of impeccable taste! 👌🏼🧀

At least we know Hugh Jackman likes cheese!

04/09/2023

24/08/2023

Here’s the schedule for the Symposium on 7th - 10th September 2023. We’ve got over 60 people signed up so far!!! It’s going to be an awesome few days!!

If you haven’t got your tickets there’s still time!!

Remember we have Saturday tickets available too

https://ukcanyoning.org/canyoning-symposium/

31/07/2023

A contemporary description of Ribblehead Viaduct from the Lancaster Guardian, 28th June 1873:
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"Batty Moss Viaduct, of 24 arches, ... will be perhaps the finest piece of masonry on the new line. The first stone of this massive structure was laid by Mr. William Ashwell, October 12th, 1870. There are 23 piers and two abutments. The piers which stand 45 feet apart are 13 feet wide at the base and 6 feet at the top. Eleven of the piers are finished. The centres are in for six arches and the turning of them in brick was begun on the 9th inst. Twelve piers are nearly at the top and the rest are at plinth level, 48 feet below springing. Every sixth pier is as wide again as the others, so that were an accident to take place all the arches could not fall at once. The viaduct is 1328 feet in length and about 100 feet to the level of the viaduct. The blocks of black limestone, some of which contain two cubic yards and weigh from four to five tons, are dug from a quarry in Little Dale beck. It is said this structure will when finished contain 30,000 cubic yards of masonry and 3,000 cubic yards of concrete. About 100 men are employed on this viaduct, and as the weather has been for some time remarkably fine, the works under the able management of Mr. Charles and Mr. Walter Hirst have made great progress. The viaduct when completed will be the admiration of all lovers of imposing and massive masonry, and no doubt generations unborn will look upon it with wonder, and think how clever were their forefathers to rear such a structure. From this lofty viaduct the views in every direction are fine."
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This is one occasion where the Victorians' love of hyperbole has stood the test of time: Ribblehead Viaduct has indeed become an icon of the railway builders' craft. The accompanying modern-day photographs don't quite show "the views in every direction", but they do confirm that the views are "fine" (and the viaduct looks good too, whatever the weather).