Twistleton Scar End walk near Ingleton - quick route for photographers with map to get the best views of this unique Yorkshire Dales landscape

Twistleton Scar End in the Yorkshire Dales is a unique rocky limestone landscape with some isolated weathered & wind battered tree's dotted around which are a photographers dream. 

A quick Twistleton Scar End walk, near Ingleton in the Yorkshire Dales - on a "scouting mission"

This was a really quick walk, on a nice summers day, with the sole aim of checking out Twistleton Scar End for future photo opportunities when the skies and weather is more dramatic and photogenic (but less pleasant!)

Twistleton Scar End makes for some stunning photos and I have saved off some of my favourite images which can be found on another blog post of mine here: View best images of Twistleton Scar End My favourite photos were taken in the golden hour around sunset - and around November time when the skies are more dramatic and the sun sets further south and is in the right place behind the weathered trees. On this scouting mission it was a hot summer day with clear blue skies, not particularly photogenic or dramatic - so I only took my compact camera and my photos are just to give a bit of info for anyone else wanting to find out more on Twistleton Scar End in the Yorkshire Dales and take much better photos than those below!

The tree's at Twistelton Scar End are pretty weather beaten by the wind and make a great photo subject - you just need to know where to find them. Read on to find out more...

Are you a photographer looking for information on the location of Twistleton Scar End?

For any photographers looking for info on Twistleton Scar End - I  would recommend the quick walk route up to Twisteton Scar End from my recommended parking spot, as you need to be able to get here fast in cold weather or fading light - when the area looks it's most impressive. You can park quite near the south-west end of Twistleton Scar - get up there in about 30 mins and take your photos where the best, most weathered trees are right on the edge of Twistleton Scar End at the south-west end.

There are some excellent photo opportunities and compositions to be had up at Twistleton Scar End, this particular tree is located near the blue arrow on the map below

  

Where to park the car to get close to Twistelton Scar End and the best views:

The red arrow marks my recommended car parking spot along the narrow road and the blue & green arrows on the map show the most popular trees that are photographed on Twistleton Scar End). To get to the car parking spot - from Thornton Lonsdale just near Ingleton, head up Thornton Lane. From this car parking location - walk south-east on the clearly marked foot path and then head up the path up to Twistleton Scar End.

Here is a screenshot from Google maps showing the ideal place to park the car to get as close as possible to walk to Twistleton Scar End. As you can see you'll get a handful of cars on the grass here. This spot is also shown on the map above where the red arrow is.

And here are the co-ordinates and location for the car parking spot for quick access to Twistelton Scar end. 

Photos of what to expect on this quick Twistleton Scar End walk in the Yorkshire Dales:

It's a very well marked path from the car parking spot until you then come to this juncture where you will head up the hill to the top of Twistelton Scar End

Twistelton Scar End from the path below and that's the place to walk up to

The weatherd limestone comes more into view

We are approaching the top of Twistleton Scar End now and you can see the path just walked along the foot of the hill which goes right to where the car is parked where the path meets the country road

The first trees you come across are maybe the most wind weathered ones as they are right on the edge of Twistleton Scar End

There's quite a large area to explore the rock formations and the weathered trees

There are some excellent photo opportunities and compositions to be had all around Twistleton Scar End. Many photos I personally like of Twistleton Scar End are of sunsets and moody skies, so it's best to plan these in advance and get up here early as sunsets don't last long.

The limestone pavement's are a distinctive feature of the Yorkshire Dales.

Some tree's seem to survive quite well up here despite the harsh weather

Twistleton Scar is quite a unique place in the Yorkshire Dales and is good to potter about and even bring the kids on a nice day. In this photo you can make out the summit of Ingleborough in the background.

Just don't fall down the cracks or lose your camera :-)

Some of the tree's sit proudly and defiant right on the edge of Twistleton Scar End

Time to head back down to the car

So there you go, I hope this blog post has proved useful in shedding some light on how to do a quick walk up Twistleton Scar End, and where exactly to park the car to give you the shortest and quickest walk which every photographer who has a load of gear to carry in bad weather and fading light might appreciate :-). I'm looking forward to visiting the area again in future to spend a bit more time photographing the place in different weather conditions when the (bad!) weather gives it a whole new atmosphere. I do hope this blog post does help & inspire you to visit the area, as it's a very unique landscape and a photographers dream. 

Thanks for reading! If you have any questions - just post a comment and I'll try and answer. 

Happy hiking!

Post by Stuart Hodgson 

'The Hiking Photographer'

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