Yorkshire Water Way

The route starts in the village of Kettlewell in Upper Wharfedale and heads east over Great Whernside to reach the reservoirs in the Upper Nidderdale area (Angram, Scar House and Gouthwaite). It then heads south through Pateley Bridge and into the Washburn Valley passing Thruscross, Fewston and Swinsty reservoirs. After this it passes over Denton Moor and into West Yorkshire via a footbridge over the River Wharfe into Ilkley,^[5] where the first book ends.^[6]

South of Ilkley, the trail heads over Ilkley Moor passing Weecher Reservoir and going into the Aire Valley through Shipley, Bingley, Harden, Cullingworth, Cross Roads and Haworth before passing Lower Laithe Reservoir and heading west across Haworth Moor and dropping into Calderdale past the three reservoirs at Walshaw Dean. After this, it heads south past Hebden Bridge and then by Withens Clough, Baitings, Dean Head and Cupwith reservoirs. After Marsden, the walk goes past Butterley, Blakeley, Wessenden and Wessenden Head reservoirs, before crossing the A635 road and going in between Bilberry and Digley Reservoirs. At Holme, the trail goes past Brownhills and Ramsden Reservoir before heading into South Yorkshire in south westerly direction past Harden and Winscar Reservoirs.^[7] At Dunford Bridge, the trail goes due east and then south to finish at Langsett Reservoir.^[8][9]

Listed north to south (the way that the route is supposed to be taken), this list is of the reservoirs that the route goes past.

• ‡Path goes along the edge of the reservoir or the dam head

In the Aire Valley, the path connects with the Aire/Calder link section of the Pennine Bridleway and connects with the Pennine Bridleway proper near Hebden Bridge and the Pennine Way in the same location.^[10]