| This is a landscape of woodlands, forests, reservoirs and farmsteads scattered below high moorland ridges which reach their peak at Shining Tor. |
| The open but complex moorland of Ilkley is thought to be one of the most challenging orienteering areas around. |
| Other walks will also include rural rambles, a walk around the town centre, short strolls, hard moorland walks and family walks. |
| Marsden Moor supports large numbers of moorland birds such as the golden plover, red grouse, curlew and the diminutive twite. |
| The terrain includes cart tracks, stone stiles, rough moorland and broken stone tracks. |
| Varieties suggested would be natural to the moorland fringe such as rowan, birch, holly and hawthorn. |
