Pen-y-ghent, Yorkshire Dales

Name: Pen-y-ghent
Address: Yorkshire Dales, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Yorkshire Dales

Natural attraction, Top attraction, Park, Mountain

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Pen-y-ghent or Penyghent is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is the lowest of Yorkshire's Three Peaks at 2,277 feet; the other two being Ingleborough and Whernside. It lies 1.9 miles east of Horton in Ribblesdale. It has a number of interesting geological features, such as Hunt Pot, and further down, Hull Pot. The waters that flow in have created an extensive cave system which rises at Brants Gill head. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 2277 ftCoordinates: 54°9'22"N, 2°14'55"W

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Pen-y-ghent – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Peter's Church, Alum Pot, Fountains Fell Tarn, Juniper Gulf.

3.9 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Peter's Church, Settle
100 min walk • St Peter's Church is in the village of Stainforth, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Bowland, the archdeaconry of Craven, and the Diocese of Leeds.
4.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Alum Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
107 min walk • Alum Pot is a pothole with a large open shaft at a surface elevation of 343 metres on the eastern flanks of Simon Fell, North Yorkshire, England. It connects with nearby Long Churn Cave and Diccan Pot. The pot is accessed via a 1-km private track on payment of a small fee from Selside Farm in the hamlet of Selside in Ribblesdale.
2.3 miSE
Lake
Fountains Fell Tarn, Yorkshire Dales
59 min walk • Fountains Fell Tarn, is an upland lake between the two peaks of Fountains Fell, in North Yorkshire, England. The tarn is close to the Pennine Way, some 4.3 miles north west of Malham Tarn, and 4.3 miles east of Horton in Ribblesdale.
4.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Juniper Gulf, Yorkshire Dales National Park
115 min walk • Juniper Gulf is a pit cave in on the side of Ingleborough in Yorkshire, England. It is a popular single rope technique trip for cavers, especially known for its final 50-metre pitch.
5.3 miSE
Natural attraction, Nature, Lake
Malham Tarn, Malham
136 min walk • Malham Tarn is a glacial lake near the village of Malham in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The lake is one of only eight upland alkaline lakes in Europe. At an altitude of 377 metres above sea level it is the highest marl lake in the United Kingdom.
1.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Plover Hill, Yorkshire Dales National Park
34 min walk • Plover Hill is an area of moorland lying to the north of Pen-y-ghent in the Yorkshire Dales and connected to it by an unbroken area of high ground.
4 miNW
Protected area
Ling Gill, Yorkshire Dales National Park
102 min walk • Ling Gill is a gill in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. Cam Beck, a tributary of the River Ribble, flows through the gill. Ling Gill is a rare example of a sub-alpine ash woodland. The site is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a national nature reserve, not open to the public.
4.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Long Churn Cave, Yorkshire Dales National Park
111 min walk • Long Churn Cave is a cave in the Ingleborough area of the Yorkshire Dales. First explored in 1870, it has become a popular location for beginner cavers and it contains the most famous squeeze in the Dales, the "Cheesepress".
1.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fountains Fell, Yorkshire Dales National Park
50 min walk • Fountains Fell is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The main summit has a height of 668 metres and a relative height or topographic prominence of 243 metres and thus qualifies as a Marilyn.
1.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Silverdale, Yorkshire Dales National Park
35 min walk • Silverdale is a minor dale in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It is a side dale of Ribblesdale, and lies west of Fountains Fell. The dale head is just south of Pen-y-ghent. The Pennine Way crosses the head of the dale.
4.5 miS
54°5'33"N • 2°16'16"W
Hoffmann Kiln, Settle
114 min walk • Ruins