welcome to ramblers Yorkshire!
Mike Church, Area Chairman
Welcome to the website of the West Riding Area of the Ramblers’ Association. The West Riding Area takes its name from the days when Yorkshire was divided into three “ridings” a West Riding, North Riding and East Riding.
The region we look after on behalf of the walking community is centred on Leeds and Bradford and includes Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield, the Craven and Harrogate districts of North Yorkshire, and a substantial amount of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Latest News...
Jerry was our West Riding Area president. We shall miss him at the AGMs which he chaired with an idiosyncratic deftness and charm, and all those who knew him will miss the twinkle in his eye.
86 years after the Kinder Trespass in April 1932, walkers from Huddersfield Group commemorated the historic event with a walk to Boulsworth Hill on the Brontë Moors.
A key piece of legal advice has now opened the way to full local authority support for the Burley Bridge, the crucial footbridge which will connect footpath networks on either side of the River Wharfe to replace dangerous stepping stones.
It’s sixteen years since the formation of Take A Hike and we continue to see new faces on most walks, despite there now being several local online groups aimed at younger walkers.
Pathwatch was launched following the 2015 Big Pathwatch survey. It’s the Ramblers’ online tool and app that enables walkers to report footpath problems.