| Selside Low Moor
Written by Richard Tearle - 25 Sep 2007 |
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From Settle, take the main B6479 north, signposted Horton-in-Ribblesdale and continue through Langcliffe, Horton-in-Ribblesdale and continue to the follow the road under the railway. Driving north look for the parking lay-by and field entrance on your right. There is a farm entrance to the left directly opposite the parking spot.
There is parking to the next field entrance, which without blocking the actual entrance to the field, would accommodate at least 3 cars. Failing that you could park on some of the wider verges.
If you are parked in the lay-by/hard standing,
do not enter this field as it is private land and it is not the easiest route to the location anyhow.
Walk north to the next field and enter that field via the gate and follow the wall roughly eastwards until you come to the corner of the wall and you should see the photographic spots at this location.
This land and access to it is Open Access land as defined under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. Rights can vary depending on the time of year, and it’s best to use
Natural England’s website to check if planning a visit.
There is a train roughly every 2 hours in each direction to Leeds and Carlisle. The nearest station would be Horton-in-Ribblesdale, and this would be a good 30 to 40 minute walk.
Dalesbus operate the 581 bus which runs between Settle and Horton-in-Ribblesdale, but you would still have quite a walk.
There are no amenities at the location but Horton-in-Ribblesdale boasts a small number of shops and pubs.
There are two main spots at this location with a couple of minutes walk between them. Both locations offer both north and southbound views of trains. The first is an old farm crossing, no longer in use, to the north of the field quite near to the access to the field. The other is further south in the field on top of the hill easily visible once in the field. Be careful in the field as there are a number of pits and shake-holes to injure the unwary.
If you have a longish zoom lens, around 100-400mm, there are a number of different shots to be had to the north of the field accessed from the entrance to the field. Walk some way east from the entrance to the field and you will see the shot where the line is dead straight coming towards you. You can walk north at this point until the ground goes down rather steeply. From here you can get a variety of shots of southbound trains panning round as they make their way south.
