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Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

Great Shunner Fell Summit – View Over Wensleydale loop from Hawes

Hiking trails & Routes

Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

Great Shunner Fell Summit – View Over Wensleydale loop from Hawes

Hard

5.0

(1)

11

hikers

Great Shunner Fell Summit – View Over Wensleydale loop from Hawes

05:52

20.3km

530m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 15, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Yorkshire Dales National Park

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

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1

22 m

Green Dragon Inn

Highlight • Other

Behind the Green Dragon Inn is Hardraw Force, the highest single drop waterfall in England, used in the 1991 Kevin Costner Film, “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves”

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2

51 m

Memorial Garden at St. Mary's and St. John's Church, Hardraw

Highlight • Religious Site

3

3.22 km

View of Hawes and Gayle from Hearne Top

Highlight • Viewpoint

The climb to Hearne Top is exhilarating. It's remote country here and on some days you might not see a single soul. It's worth looking downhill to the southeast, as …

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4

4.31 km

View of Yorkshire Dales National Park

Highlight • Natural

Path boggy in places

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5

5.74 km

Hearne Edge

Highlight • Viewpoint

6

7.65 km

Great Shunner Fell Summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

Legendary fellwalker Alfred Wainwright said he could climb Great Shunner “nonstop despite being senile and getting as fat as a pig”. When hiking here, you'll understand the sentiment. It feels like walking along the backbone of England.

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7

8.15 km

Shunner Fell Hags

Highlight • Viewpoint

16.7 km

Back Rash Wood

Forest

9

19.0 km

View Over Wensleydale

Highlight • Viewpoint

B

20.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.9 km

9.01 km

352 m

Surfaces

10.9 km

5.90 km

3.02 km

352 m

< 100 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (710 m)

Lowest point (240 m)

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Wednesday 8 July

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