Buckden Pike and the Polish Memorial, Upper Wharfdale
Loop Walk · Yorkshire Dales
500
XP
about 3 h 23 min walking
This strenuous walk climbs to the top of Buckden Pike, heads along the ridge and back down to Starbotton.
736 m
470 m
203 m
Scroll along the route · tap the chart to find a point on the map
Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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Some very steep ground — marked on the map.
Climb
488 m
Drop
494 m
Highest
700 m
Lowest
215 m
Which way round
Anticlockwise: Climbs 20% for 870 m early on, comes down 20% for 650 m midway.
Clockwise: Easy first 3.8 km, climbs 20% for 650 m midway, comes down 20% for 870 m midway.
Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.
Main descent: km 4.9–9.0, from 699 m to 224 m.
How the 12.8 km splits
Flat
3.4 km
Climbing
2.4 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.4 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
1.7 km
Descending
2.7 km
Steep descending (10–15%)
1.6 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.6 km
Link it with other walks
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Buckden To Kettlewell walk, Upper Wharfdale
Shares 3.8 km of path · meets at km 8.57.12 km
Old Cote Moor from Kettlewell trail, Upper Wharfdale
Shares 3.5 km of path · meets at km 8.816.18 km
Dales Way
Shares 3.0 km of path · meets at km 8.9, 9.0, 9.3…129.55 km
Yockenthwaite to Cray walk, Upper Wharfdale
Shares 1.6 km of path · meets at km 7.311.38 km