Stanza Stones Trail
📍 MarsdenWest Yorkshire
A moorland walk from Marsden to Ilkley linking six stones carved with Simon Armitage poems
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Free to walk and to see all the poetry stones
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This 47 mile route follows the Pennine watershed from Marsden to Ilkley, linking six stones carved with poems by Simon Armitage. It starts at the Snow Stone on Pule Hill and passes the Rain, Mist and Dew stones before the Puddle and Beck stones on Ilkley Moor. Most people walk it in sections, and the moorland is exposed, so go prepared.
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