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Pen-y-Ghent – Hull Pot loop from Pen-y-ghent

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Yorkshire And The Humber

Pen-y-Ghent – Hull Pot loop from Pen-y-ghent

Hard

51

runners

Pen-y-Ghent – Hull Pot loop from Pen-y-ghent

02:14

17.0km

600m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Some sure footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 28, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Yorkshire Dales National Park

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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1

2.15 km

Pen-y-ghent Scramble Path

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The Pennine Way climbs steeply up the southern slope of Pen-y-ghent. It's a path, but it's steep, steppy and almost a scramble. Fine to run in the dry but watch …

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2.70 km

Pen-y-ghent

Highlight • Natural Monument

Pen-Y-Ghent is the third of the three mountain peaks during the annual Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross. You are only allowed to cycle here on that day. Other days of the year this mountain is only open to hikers.

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2.71 km

Pen-y-Ghent

Highlight • Summit

For those tackling the Yorkshire Three Peaks in the traditional counterclockwise direction, Pen-y-Ghent is the first summit you reach. At 2,277 feet (694 m), it's the smallest of the three …

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4

5.45 km

View from Plover Hill Descent

Highlight • Viewpoint

Easy decent, with a welcomed well established path given how boggy a lot of the surrounding area is.

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9.16 km

Hull Pot

Highlight • Canyon

Hull Pot, on the western side of Pen-y-Ghent, is a collapsed cavern, and an impressive hole measuring 91m (300ft) long by 18m (60ft) deep.

In the late 18th century, in …

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9.50 km

Pennine Way North of Pen-y-Ghent

Highlight • Climb

If you have the energy for a run, you wont get much better exersise or views than going up the Northern route of pen y ghent.

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10.5 km

View of Pen-y-Ghent

Highlight • Summit

A truly epic mountain on a small scale, steep climbs, small scrambles, and views you would expect from a much higher climb.

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17.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.5 km

2.95 km

774 m

525 m

178 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.93 km

3.63 km

3.57 km

2.79 km

774 m

272 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (680 m)

Lowest point (240 m)

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Friday 31 July

15°C

8°C

43 %

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