Pennine Way Archives - Upper Wharfedale Field Society https://uwfs.org.uk/tag/pennine-way/ The fells and valleys of Upper Wharfedale are overflowing with delights from which, once under their spell, very few can escape. Sun, 31 Aug 2025 09:56:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 60th anniversary of the Pennine Way https://uwfs.org.uk/event/60th-anniversary-of-the-pennine-way/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 18:30:00 +0000 https://uwfs.org.uk/?post_type=tribe_events&p=11218 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the official opening of England’s first National Trail. The original idea came from Tom Stephenson, a British journalist and keen walker, who wrote an article in 1935 asking for a long distance walk in England – a ‘long green trail’. It took another 30 years, but Tom – by then secretary of the Ramblers’ Association - was there on Malham Moor at the opening ceremony on 24 April 1965. The trail was the result of a real change in how people came to value and use the countryside in the early decades of the twentieth century. This talk will give an insight into the Pennine Way: past, present and future.

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