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Pennine Way: 20-day itinerary

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411 km9,906 m ascent20 walking daysEngland
Modelled from eudem25m, sampled every 25 m, 5 m deadband. Sampling cannot see undulation shorter than its own step, so this is a floor rather than a guidebook total.
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16 days25.7 km a day17 days24.2 km a day18 days22.8 km a day19 days21.6 km a day20 days20.6 km a day

A practical starting point

20 days from Edale to Kirk Yetholm

Use these daily distances and overnight stops as a starting point, then customise the trip in the planner.

  1. 1
    Day 1: Edale → Crowden

    26.4 km · 716 m ascent · 7h47–10h59 (about 9h09, incl. ~1h31 of stops)

    Via Upper Booth
  2. 2
    Day 2: Crowden → Diggle

    18.5 km · 628 m ascent · 5h38–7h57 (about 6h37, incl. ~1h06 of stops)

  3. 3
    Day 3: Diggle → Blackshaw Head

    25.4 km · 477 m ascent · 7h03–9h58 (about 8h18, incl. ~1h23 of stops)

    Via Calderbrook, Summit, Timbercliffe, Walsden, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall, Mytholm
  4. 4
    Day 4: Blackshaw Head → Stanbury

    14.1 km · 345 m ascent · 4h05–5h47 (about 4h49, incl. ~48m of stops)

    Via Slack Top
  5. 5
    Day 5: Stanbury → Elslack

    18.9 km · 587 m ascent · 5h46–8h09 (about 6h47, incl. ~1h08 of stops)

    Via Ickornshaw, Cowling, Lothersdale
  6. 6
    Day 6: Elslack → Malham

    19.0 km · 255 m ascent · 5h02–7h06 (about 5h55, incl. ~59m of stops)

    Via Earby, Thornton In Craven, East Marton, Gargrave, Coniston Cold, Airton, Kirkby Malham
  7. 7
    Day 7: Malham → Horton in Ribblesdale

    23.5 km · 814 m ascent · 7h16–10h16 (about 8h33, incl. ~1h26 of stops)

  8. 8
    Day 8: Horton in Ribblesdale → Hawes

    22.2 km · 422 m ascent · 6h09–8h41 (about 7h14, incl. ~1h13 of stops)

    Via Gayle
  9. 9
    Day 9: Hawes → Keld

    20.2 km · 664 m ascent · 6h08–8h40 (about 7h13, incl. ~1h12 of stops)

    Via Appersett, Cotterdale
  10. 10
    Day 10: Keld → Blackton Grange

    23.4 km · 405 m ascent · 6h25–9h03 (about 7h32, incl. ~1h16 of stops)

  11. 11
    Day 11: Blackton Grange → Newbiggin

    13.8 km · 273 m ascent · 3h52–5h28 (about 4h33, incl. ~46m of stops)

    Via Middleton in Teesdale
  12. 12
    Day 12: Newbiggin → Dufton

    28.0 km · 498 m ascent · 7h42–10h52 (about 9h04, incl. ~1h31 of stops)

  13. 13
    Day 13: Dufton → Garrigill

    25.0 km · 931 m ascent · 7h49–11h02 (about 9h11, incl. ~1h32 of stops)

  14. 14
    Day 14: Garrigill → Slaggyford

    15.3 km · 159 m ascent · 4h02–5h41 (about 4h44, incl. ~47m of stops)

    Via Alston
  15. 15
    Day 15: Slaggyford → Greenhead

    17.9 km · 328 m ascent · 4h58–7h01 (about 5h51, incl. ~58m of stops)

    Via Lambley, Halton Lea Gate, Gilsland
  16. 16
    Day 16: Greenhead → Once Brewed

    11.1 km · 278 m ascent · 3h08–4h26 (about 3h41, incl. ~37m of stops)

  17. 17
    Day 17: Once Brewed → Bellingham

    23.9 km · 339 m ascent · 6h27–9h06 (about 7h35, incl. ~1h16 of stops)

  18. 18
    Day 18: Bellingham → Spithope Bothy

    27.3 km · 767 m ascent · 7h52–11h07 (about 9h16, incl. ~1h32 of stops)

    Via Redesmouth, Byrness
  19. 19
    Day 19: Spithope Bothy → Mounthooly Bunk House

    28.1 km · 784 m ascent · 8h17–11h43 (about 9h46, incl. ~1h38 of stops)

  20. 20
    Day 20: Mounthooly Bunk House → Kirk Yetholm

    9.1 km · 236 m ascent · 2h53–4h04 (about 3h23, incl. ~34m of stops)