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THE moors above Ilkley offer some of the best known and familiar walks in the town. The rocks at the Cow and Calf and the ...

The Cow and Calf, half a mile from Ilkley town centre, makes for the best start. Step out of the car and you are immediately into some unique and stunning scenery. A short walk takes you in amongst ...

They take in milltowns, nature reserves, canals, posh Cheshire towns and the kinds of Dark Peak uplands I was heading for: exposed moorlands, marshes, peat bogs and millstone grit sandstone ...

Soft water is found in Scotland, the North and West, where the rock is millstone grit - and heart disease rates are higher.

The Ice Age saw wind, ice and rain gnaw away at softer rocks, leaving unusual shapes in the tougher millstone grit behind. Those shapes garnered nicknames from visitors, including The Sphinx ...

I grew up on the edge of Ilkley Moor, a breathtaking landscape filled with heather, bracken, and millstone grit crags, including the famous Cow and Calf rocks and peat bogs. It is a truly stunning ...

Many climb the boulders and enjoy the scramble, but an alternative is to take the path just to the east/left of the rocks, a simpler and easy, short climb on to the moors. Head south-west to a ...