The little market town of Settle is an ideal cycling centre, for in every direction there is a maze of minor roads and tracks. To the south and west is the fertile Ribble Valley with several pleasant villages on its flanks, whilst to the west of the valley, is the Forest of Bowland, a region of narrow secluded valleys and wild treeless moorland. East and north of Settle are the Craven Highlands, which are perhaps the most varied and interesting of the Pennines.