Little Whernside

#2775 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Little Whernside is a hill in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England, 2.82 miles north east of Great Whernside. It is on the boundary between the Yorkshire Dales National Park and Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and forms part of the watershed between Coverdale and Nidderdale. The highest point is marked by a cairn, a few metres inside the National Park. ()

Elevation: 1982 ftCoordinates: 54°11'39"N, 1°57'32"W

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Little Whernside – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: How Stean Gorge, Mossdale Caverns, Coverdale, Holy Trinity Church.

4.8 miSE
Canyon
How Stean Gorge, Nidderdale AONB
123 min walk • Nestled in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, How Stean Gorge offers a natural spectacle that beckons the adventurous spirit. This dramatic limestone ravine, carved out over thousands of years by water erosion, is located in the scenic area of Nidderdale AONB, United...
4.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Mossdale Caverns, Yorkshire Dales National Park
126 min walk • Mossdale Caverns is a cave system in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is about 5 kilometres north of Grassington, and east of Conistone, where Mossdale Beck sinks at the base of Mossdale Scar.
4.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Coverdale, Yorkshire Dales National Park
116 min walk • Coverdale is a dale in the far east of the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It takes its name from the River Cover, a tributary of the River Ure.
7.2 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture
Holy Trinity Church, Yorkshire Dales National Park
184 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Coverham, North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
1.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Angram Reservoir
31 min walk • Angram Reservoir is the first of three reservoirs on the River Nidd in Upper Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England, the others being Scar House Reservoir and finally the compensation reservoir Gouthwaite Reservoir.
2.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Great Whernside, Yorkshire Dales National Park
72 min walk • Great Whernside is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England, not to be confused with Whernside, some 17 miles to the west. Its summit is the highest point of the eastern flank of Wharfedale above Kettlewell.
4.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Buckden Pike, Yorkshire Dales National Park
108 min walk • Buckden Pike is a fell at the head of Wharfedale, a valley in the Yorkshire Dales, that stands above the village of Buckden. At 702 metres, it narrowly misses out on being the highest peak in the area, the title instead going to nearby Great Whernside.
1.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Scar House Reservoir
50 min walk • Scar House Reservoir is the second of the three reservoirs in Upper Nidderdale, England, the others being Angram Reservoir and Gouthwaite Reservoir. Between them they attract around 150,000 visitors a year. Angram and Scar House were built to supply water to the Bradford area of West Yorkshire, England.
5.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Wharfedale, Buckden
137 min walk • Wharfedale is the valley of the upper parts of the River Wharfe and one of the Yorkshire Dales. It is situated within the districts of Craven and Harrogate in North Yorkshire, and the cities of Leeds and Bradford in West Yorkshire. It is the upper valley of the River Wharfe.
4.9 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Yorkshire Water Way, Yorkshire Dales
126 min walk • The Yorkshire Water Way is a 104-mile path that runs from Kettlewell in North Yorkshire to Langsett in South Yorkshire. It was devised by Mark Reid in conjunction with Yorkshire Water and it passes by over more than 20 reservoirs which are operated by Yorkshire Water.
4.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Langcliffe Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
116 min walk • Langcliffe Pot is a cave system on the slopes of Great Whernside in Upper Wharfedale, about 3 kilometres SSE of Kettlewell in North Yorkshire.