The sound of boots on flagstone breaks the morning quiet outside Bradford Cathedral. From here, a line of footpaths and quiet lanes strikes north toward the distant spire of Ripon Cathedral, covering 42 miles in a journey that stitches together some of Yorkshire’s most extraordinary landscapes. This is the Yorkshire Heritage Way, a route that rewards those who walk it with a cross-section of the region’s past: industrial might, spiritual devotion, and the raw beauty of the Dales.
The trail’s first major stop is Saltaire,
