Malham is a village in North Yorkshire known for Malham Cove, a large curved limestone cliff. There is no church in the village but at Kirkby Malham to the south.
Get in
[edit]By bus
[edit]Infrequent buses from Settle and Skipton, twice a day on weekdays run by The Little Red Bus and Pennine Buses.
By car
[edit]Only reached by unclassified roads; best to use a map if coming by car.
By foot
[edit]Malham is on the Pennine Way between Thornton-in-Craven and Horton-in-Ribblesdale.
Get around
[edit]
It's easy enough to walk between all the places listed below.
See
[edit]Two of the most exciting limestone features in Yorkshire
- 1 Malham Cove, Cove Road, BD23 4DJ.
with 2 Limestone Pavement (above best approached by the stairs to the west of the Cove). - 3 Gordale Scar (From Hawthorns Ln walk through Gordale Scar Campsite). this deep limestone gully has a double waterfall at the end with a jacuzzi size plunge pool. free.
- 4 Janet's Foss (best entered following the footpath along Gordale Beck from the south). a small but very pretty waterfall with a swimming pool sized plunge pool. free.
- 5 Malham Tarn, BD24 9PU.
- 6 Dales National Park Information centre, Chapel Gate, Malham BD23 4DA, ☏ +44 1729 833200. 10AM-5PM. good photos and the village car park.
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 The Secret Garden Bistro, Beck Hall, Cove Rd, BD23 4DJ, ☏ +44 1729 830729.
Drink
[edit]- 1 The Victoria Inn, Main St, Kirkby Malham, BD23 4BS, ☏ +44 1729 830499.
Sleep
[edit]- 1 YHA Malham, Pennine Way, ☏ +44 845 371 9529.
- 2 Hill Top Farm Bunkbarn, Back LnBack Ln, BD23 4DJ, ☏ +44 1729 830320.
- 3 The Lister Arms, Pennine Way, ☏ +44 1729 830444. Pub with rooms, dog-friendly, close to Malham's main sights. B&B double £80.
- 4 Beck Hall.
Connect
[edit]As of March 2024, Malham and its approach roads have 4G from EE and O2 but no signal from Three or Vodafone. 5G has not reached this area.
Go next
[edit]All the roads from Malham are very scenic. Malham is on the Pennine Way and the typical next stop northbound is Horton-in-Ribblesdale (14½ miles). Southbound, one might aim for Gargrave (6 miles), Thorton-in-Craven (10½ miles) or Earby (12 miles).
| Routes through Malham |
| Edale ← Gargrave ← | S  N
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→ Horton-in-Ribblesdale → Kirk Yetholm |