Not sure where I found out about this hike but it was saved as a Lake District walk to a waterfall at Hell Gill. It was only when I got to the waterfall I found out it was called Whorneyside Force! For the remainder of this writeup it will just be called "The Force".
Parking at New Dungeon Ghyll, the hike follows a fairly level road/track for most of the way. It's only when you get close to the falls that the terrain turns to a path that also doubles as a stream bed when it's been raining recently. Things then go a bit uphill as you approach the waterfall.
Not a bad view from the carpark.
Leave the carpark and walk along the side of the B5343 for a short distance, turning off, right at the New Hotel carpark.
It's then a nice grassy path through fields of sheep and alongside the beck until you approach Middle Fell Farm.
Just before you get to Middle Fell Farm turn left over this stone bridge.
Straight after the bridge is a right turn down this tarmac road. Between the Crags ahead is where we're heading.
Following the tarmac road and crossing the beck just before Stool End Farm, you pass through the Farm itself, it's well signposted.
Just as you leave the Farm you get to this junction. Take the left hand path here.
Follow the gravel track with Oxendale Beck on your left.
Obligatory animal pic, quite a mix in this one.
Don't cross this footbridge, I just used it for a photo op.
With the beck and waterfalls on your left continue following the path, here it starts to get a little uphill.
The path gets quite stoney and can be a bit of a stream itself in places.
This black sheep also added to the list of obstacles on the path.
Scrambling up the path/stream you cross a footbridge and then you'll come across this fork in the road. Take a right, following the stream, but this time it's on the right.
The path is quite an easy, dirt path which follows the beck. It's just a short distance form here to the waterfall.
Here is the first glimpse of "The Force"
And here is "The Force" in all its glory.
It's then a simple case of heading back the way you came. Here's a view of the way back along the valley showing the path and beck.
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