Buttertubs Pass, Hawes

Name: Buttertubs Pass
Address: Hawes, United Kingdom

#14 among attractions in Hawes

Mountain pass, Nature

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The Buttertubs Pass is a high road in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The road winds its way north from Simonstone near Hawes towards Thwaite and Muker past 20-metre-deep limestone potholes called the Buttertubs. It is said that the name of the potholes came from the times when farmers would rest there on their way to market. During hot weather they would lower the butter they had produced into the potholes to keep it cool. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 54°21'37"N, 2°11'46"W

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Buttertubs Pass – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hardraw Force, Gayle Mill, Wain Wath Force, East Gill Force.

2.8 miS
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Park
Hardraw Force, Hawes
72 min walk • Hardraw Force is a waterfall on the Hardraw Beck in Hardraw Scar, a wooded ravine just outside the hamlet of Hardraw, 0.9 miles north of the town of Hawes, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales. The Pennine Way long distance footpath passes close by.
4.2 miS
Historical and heritage tours, Classes and workshops, Museum
Gayle Mill, Hawes
108 min walk • Gayle Mill, dating from about 1784, is thought to be the oldest structurally unaltered cotton mill in existence. It is located in the Wensleydale hamlet of Gayle, England, 1 mile south of the market town of Hawes. It lies within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
3.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Wain Wath Force, Hawes
88 min walk • Wain Wath Force is a waterfall on the River Swale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England. The falls are at grid reference NY883015, 0.6 miles upstream from the hamlet of Keld which has three other waterfalls in its vicinity.
3.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
East Gill Force, Hawes
88 min walk • East Gill Force is a waterfall in Swaledale, 330 yards east of the hamlet of Keld, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England.
3.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Kisdon Force, Hawes
87 min walk • Kisdon Force is a series of waterfalls on the River Swale in Swaledale, England. The falls are situated within the Yorkshire Dales National Park in the county of North Yorkshire, 500 metres downstream from the small hamlet of Keld at grid reference NY898010.
3 miS
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Mary and St John's Church, Hawes
77 min walk • St Mary and St John's Church, Hardraw is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Hardraw, North Yorkshire.
3.8 miS
Specialty museum, Museum
Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes
98 min walk • The Dales Countryside Museum is a local museum for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Northern England. Run by the National Park Authority, it tells the story of the people who have lived and worked in the Yorkshire Dales for over a 1,000 years.
3.3 miSW
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Park
Cotter Force, Hawes
84 min walk • Cotter Force is a small waterfall on Cotterdale Beck, a minor tributary of the River Ure, near the mouth of Cotterdale, a side dale in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England.
1.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Great Shunner Fell, Yorkshire Dales National Park
44 min walk • Great Shunner Fell is the third highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England, and the highest point in Wensleydale; at 716 metres above sea level.
3.9 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Margaret's Church, Hawes
101 min walk • St Margaret's Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Hawes, North Yorkshire.
4 miS
Landmark region with moors and mountains
Wensleydale, Hawes
101 min walk • Wensleydale is the dale or upper valley of the River Ure on the east side of the Pennines, one of the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England.