Malham

Malham Cove

Malham is a village in North Yorkshire known for Malham Cove, a large curved limestone cliff. There is no church in the village but at Kirkby Malham to the south.

Get in

By bus

Infrequent buses from Settle and Skipton, twice a day on weekdays run by The Little Red Bus and Pennine Buses.

By car

Only reached by unclassified roads; best to use a map if coming by car.

By foot

Malham is on the Pennine Way between Thornton-in-Craven and Horton-in-Ribblesdale.

Get around

It's easy enough to walk between all the places listed below.

See

Two of the most exciting limestone features in Yorkshire

Limestone pavement above Malham Cove

1 Malham Cove, Cove Road, BD23 4DJ.   with 2 Limestone Pavement (above best approached by the stairs to the west of the Cove). 

3 Gordale Scar (From Hawthorns Ln walk through Gordale Scar Campsite). this deep limestone gully has a double waterfall at the end with a jacuzzi size plunge pool. free.  

4 Janet's Foss (best entered following the footpath along Gordale Beck from the south). a small but very pretty waterfall with a swimming pool sized plunge pool. free.  

5 Malham Tarn, BD24 9PU. (updated Feb 2021)

6 Dales National Park Information centre, Chapel Gate, Malham BD23 4DA, ☏ +44 1729 833 200. 10AM-5PM. good photos and the village car park. 

Eat

1 The Secret Garden Bistro, Beck Hall, Cove Rd, BD23 4DJ, ☏ +44 1729 830 729. (updated Feb 2021)

Drink

1 The Victoria Inn, Main St, Kirkby Malham, BD23 4BS, ☏ +44 1729 830 499. (updated Feb 2021)

Sleep

• 1 YHA Malham, Pennine Way, ☏ +44 845 371 9529. 

• 2 Hill Top Farm Bunkbarn, Back LnBack Ln, BD23 4DJ, ☏ +44 1729 830320. 

• 3 The Lister Arms, Pennine Way, ☏ +44 1729 830444. Pub with rooms, dog-friendly, close to Malham's main sights. B&B double £80. (updated Dec 2021)
• 4 Beck Hall. (updated Apr 2024)

Connect

As of March 2024, Malham and its approach roads have 4G from EE and O2 but no signal from Three or Vodafone. 5G has not reached this area.

Go next

All the roads from Malham are very scenic. Malham is on the Pennine Way and the typical next stop northbound is Horton-in-Ribblesdale (14½ miles). Southbound, one might aim for Gargrave (6 miles), Thorton-in-Craven (10½ miles) or Earby (12 miles).

• Settle
• Grassington
• Skipton

Routes through Malham

Edale ← Gargrave ←

S  N

→ Horton-in-Ribblesdale → Kirk Yetholm