We’ve lots going on in the Ingleton area with something to interest you throughout the year. Main annual events include
1940’s Weekend, Overground Underground Festival, Ingleton Gala & Mountain Race and Sheafstock. Ingleton also hosts its very own cycle sportive, Escape to the Dales.
From family friendly to more specialised, you’re bound to find something to take part in and enjoy. Browse through the calendar for regular events, weekly, monthly and annual, welcoming locals and visitors. Please see the details for advance booking requirements and accessibility.
2020 Events include –
The Great Ingleton Easter Egg Hunt – 6th – 19th April
Sheafstock (Live music) – 10th – 12th April
Ingleton Knitathon (crochet too) – 23rd May
Escape to the Dales Cycle Sportive – 28th June
1940s Homeguard Weekend – 3rd – 5th July
Ingleton Gala – 18th July
Ingleton’s Golden Snitch Trail – 5th September
Please check back often as the calendar is updated regularly with new and exciting things to see and do here in the Ingleton area, including regular village events.
Events by Date Order
Weighted circuits classes on Weds, Friday and Saturdays.
25th Jan – Ingleborough WI
1st Feb – Ingleton Badminton Club
8th Feb – Kirkby Lonsdale Choral Society
15th Feb – Ingleton Swimming Pool
7th March – I-Save a Life
21st March – Pioneer Projects
28th March – Craven Wanderers
Bring whatever you’re working on – knitting, crochet, needlework, macrame etc. £5 includes cake, drinks and raffle.
The IAG talks are on Monday evenings at the Ingleborough Community Centre, starting at 7.30pm
17 February – Kevin Grice: Warton Crag – an Iron Age hillfort – or is it?
16 March – Dr Keigh Boughey: Wellbury Wilkinson Holgate and the excavations of the Hare Hill Ring Cairn.
20 April- David Ratledge: Travelling with the Romans: Roman roads in North Lancashire and South Cumbria.
21 September – Debbie Hallam: Where DID they live? Searching for Neolithic Settlements in the Yorkshire Dales.
19 October – Professor Angus Winchester: Dry Stone Walls and Landscape History.
Annual General Meeting at the start of the evening
16 November – Dr Adam White: The buildings and monuments of Lady Anne Clifford.
21 December – Dr David Johnson: Ingleborough’s Stone Settings, followed by a Christmas celebration of drinks and mince pies.
Walks and visits in 2020
Bring waterproofs and walking boots where appropriate.
Monday 18 May, 6.30pm
Dr David Johnson: An Amble Around Austwic. Optional: There will be an opportunity for a joint meal beforehand at the Game Cock Inn
(booking required – see below).
Saturday 13 June, 10am to 4pm
Day trip to Heysham & Heysham Head. Visit the ancient church of St Peter consecrated 967AD with Anglo-Saxon work and an outstanding example of a hogback stone, beautifully preserved, of high artistic quality, plus other relics in the graveyard. Then on to the headland with the ruins of St Patrick’s Chapel and the famous rock-cut graves overlooking the cove where, tradition has it, St Patrick landed. The 1993 excavation here revealed evidence of a Mesolithic site yielding over 1200 artefacts. Bring a picnic lunch.
Saturday 18 July, 1pm to 4pm
Yvonne Luke: Burial in the Hills: a walk through Pre-History between Feizor and Stackhouse. A moderate walk of c.4 miles. An optional tea afterwards at Elaine’s
Tearooms, Feizor (booking required – see below).
For those wishing to book a place at the Game Cock Inn in May and/or Elaine’s
Tearooms in July, please contact Yvonne Luke on 01943 6024232 or by email on
ilkleymoor@hotmail.co.uk
