Ingleborough Estate Nature Trail

10/11/2025

07/11/2025

Our annual trail passes offer great value, with entry for an ENTIRE YEAR costing less than the cost of one day pass per month!

Further information on the trail is available on your website. Highlights include:

🐶 Dogs are welcome on a lead, and the trail is a dog walkers paradise!
🗺️ FREE walking routes leaflet available from our website, with the trail providing a gateway to some of Yorkshire’s finest walks!
🧚 Fun for all the family! Discover The Mimpish Squimbies; a tribe of mythical creatures who look after the trail.
🍂 Our all terrain mobility scooters can be reserved online FREE of charge.
🪑 Lakeside seating and picnic area, and scenic rest spots with benches evenly spaced along the trail.
☕️ The Old Sawmill Cafe at the trail entrance is open daily ALL YEAR ROUND, excluding a short Christmas break and a deep clean week in January.
🍦 Our shop at the entrance to Ingleborough Cave (at the top end of the trail) has basic hot and cold drinks, snacks and ice cream (seasonal).
🚾 Toilet facilities at The Old Sawmill Cafe and Ingleborough Cave entrance for trail members.
⏰ Your membership allows access 24/7, excluding a small number of maintenance and private hire days in winter.

PURCHASE YOUR ANNUAL PASS HERE:

https://ingleboroughestatenaturetrail.co.uk/membership/

19/10/2025

🍂 The trail is transforming into an autumnal paradise, with auburns, oranges, reds & browns taking over. Here are a couple of great activities you can combine with your colourful woodland walk!

🧚‍♀️ Discover The Mimpish Squimbies - a tribe of mythical creatures who live along the trail & watch over and care for the land, dreamed up and brought to life by local children, artists, and nature lovers. https://ingleboroughestatenaturetrail.co.uk/mimpish-squimbies-family-trail/

🥾 Join our Parent’s & Pram’s group on Thursday mornings - £5 for trail entry AND a hot drink from The , and kids go FREE on the trail. The walk is along an even gravel track and is suitable for *most* prams - see The Old Sawmill Café’s website for further details.

🔦 Follow in the footsteps of brave Victorian explorers on an underground adventure journeying 500 meters in to Ingleborough Cave, which sits at the top of the trail.

🗺️ Pickup our FREE Walking Routes around Ingleborough leaflet (or download from our website), offering options with differing distances and difficulties catering to all abilities.

🍽️ After all that walking you’ve earned a treat, right? The Old Sawmill Cafe sits at the trail entrance, is open daily and serves homemade deliciousness using local produce!

14/09/2025

🍃 AUTUMN IS HERE. Which means it won’t be long before the trail becomes a sea of autumnal colour!

🥾 FOR THE WALKERS. Use our FREE walking guide to pick your route and explore the Ingleborough area - lakes, gorges, potholes & caves are waiting to be explored!

🧚 FOR THE KIDS. Discover The Mimpish Squimbies - a tribe of mythical creatures that live along the trail and protect the environment.

🌳 FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. Reserve our FREE electric all terrain mobility scooter to enjoy the entire trail as far as Ingleborough Cave.

🔦 FOR THE EXPLORERS. Follow in the footsteps of brave Victorian explorers and discover 1km of underground passages in a world beneath your feet at Ingleborough Cave!

🧁 FOR AFTER YOUR ADVENTURE. Enjoy delicious drinks, homemade cakes, breakfast or lunch at The Old Sawmill Café, conveniently situated right at the start and end of the trail!

💻 Visit www.ingleboroughestatenaturetrail.co.uk to plan your visit!

13/09/2025

📚 EXCITING NEWS! We’re proud to now be called home by ‘The Little Book Stop’!

✏️ Clapham has been selected from over 1000 applicants to become one of just 90 local communities nationwide to receive a Penguin ‘Little Book Stop’, to celebrate the publisher’s 90th anniversary.

☕️ The Book Stop has been set up at the head of the village between The Old Sawmill Café and the entrance to Ingleborough Estate Nature Trail.

📖 The project aims to encourage reading and share a love of books, with users are encouraged to replace the book they take with a substitute, although this is not a requirement. Penguin has sent a starter pack with 25 new books from authors including Margaret Atwood, Zadie Smith and Jacqueline Wilson, including a varied selection for both children & adults alike.

🍂 Grab a book and pick your spot to unwind! We recommend a cosy corner in The Old Sawmill Cafe or the lakeside benches along the trail (both open daily).

🍴Check out the cafe menu HERE: https://oldsawmillcafe.co.uk/menu/

03/08/2025

Two weeks have flown by since we opened the Mimpish Squimbie Family Trail….if you have visited we would love to hear your feedback!

We’d love to shine a light on some of the brilliant professional contributors behind the trail - and where you can find out more about them! We’re proud to have such thoughtful craftsmanship and community spirit woven into the trail.

✏️ Stephen Waterhouse (illustrator) and Maria Farrer (author) brought our Squimbie characters to life. www.stephenwaterhouse.com www.mariafarrer.com
📖 The trail booklet was beautifully designed by Rebecca Williamson. www.rebeccawilliamsonillustration.com
🔧 Peter Barrett and Suzanna Capella were our incredible home architects, with materials generously donated by JT Atkinson and Settle Coal Co. www.jtatkinson.co.uk www.settlecoal.co.uk
🌳 Our Tree Squimbies are happily settled in their cosy willow hideouts, beautifully crafted by Rachel Benson at Broadrake. www.broadrake.co.uk
🪚 Finally an extremely local connection! David Clark, who used to run the woodland management on the trail using the equipment in our very own The Old Sawmill Café, crafting the Squimbie of the Dam’s underground home.

🥾 Find out all about the trail so that you can plan your visit!

https://ingleboroughestatenaturetrail.co.uk/mimpish-squimbies-family-trail/

17/07/2025

💫 THE MIMPISH SQUIMBIES ARE ALMOST READY TO BE DISCOVERED! Our brand new trail for adventurous families, inspired by the works of the famous plant collector Reginald Farrer, opens THIS SUNDAY 20TH JULY!

🪨 Meet Cave Squimbie! “I’m an ancient limestone creature who lives in deepest dark. I flick my flinty fingers to strike fire with one bright spark.”

🥾 Pick up a booklet, follow the trail & match the eight Squimbies to their homes whilst learning their traits, characteristics & how they protect and interact with nature through beautiful poems unique to each character.

🎟️ The Mimpish Squimbie Family Trail is a permanent addition, and runs along the nature trail up to the entrance to Ingleborough Cave. We are open daily, and you can purchase tickets and collect a Mimpish Squimbie booklet at the trail entrance from 930-430.

🖥️ https://ingleboroughestatenaturetrail.co.uk/mimpish-squimbies-family-trail/

13/07/2025

💫 A magical new trail is coming your way, and will be open to explore ONE WEEK TODAY (Sunday 20th July)!

🪴 The Mimpish Squimbies are a tribe of nature-loving creatures, inspired by the works of Reginald Farrer; the famous plant hunter who once lived here in Clapham.

🥾 Pick up a booklet, follow the trail, discover their homes and learn how they communicate and protect the environment through their own World Wild Web!

✍️ The Mimpish Squimbies have been brought to life by our talented community of local children & creatives! Discover enchanting rhymes, beautiful illustrations & hand-crafted homes on a unique outdoor adventure celebrating creativity, community and connection with nature.

🖥️ STAY TUNED this week for further updates from our NEW website page!

05/07/2025

Something exciting is coming to Ingleborough Estate Nature Trail….something magical, miniature and full of fun! A brand-new family trail created from the imaginations of local children launches later this month – and it's unlike anything you've seen before...

Stay tuned for exciting updates - The Mimpish Squimbies are nearly ready to be discovered!

12/09/2024

Yorkshire Great & Small episode 1 airs on Channel 5 at 8pm TONIGHT, as Dan Walker TV & Helen Skelton explore various iconic Yorkshire Dales National Park sites, including a visit to a beautiful nature trail in Clapham that you might know 😉

16/07/2024