Wade's Causeway, North York Moors

Name: Wade's Causeway
Address: North York Moors, United Kingdom

#22 among attractions in North York Moors

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Wade's Causeway is a sinuous, linear monument up to 6,000 years old in the North York Moors national park in North Yorkshire, England. The name may refer to either scheduled ancient monument number 1004876—a length of stone course just over 1 mile long on Wheeldale Moor, or to a postulated extension of this structure, incorporating ancient monuments numbers 1004108 and 1004104 extending to the north and south for up to 25 miles. The visible course on Wheeldale Moor consists of an embankment of soil, peat, gravel and loose pebbles 0.7 metres in height and 4 to 7 metres in width. The gently cambered embankment is capped with unmortared and loosely abutted flagstones. Its original form is uncertain since it has been subjected to weathering and human damage. ()

Coordinates: 54°22'8"N, 0°45'39"W

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North York Moors United Kingdom

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Wade's Causeway – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Falling Foss, Birch Hall Inn, Mallyan Spout, Rosedale Priory.

6.2 miNE
Natural attraction, Garden, Park
Falling Foss, Whitby
158 min walk • Falling Foss is a waterfall that lies in the north-east section of The North York Moors National Park and is a popular spot for walking. It is 5 miles from Whitby, and is situated on the Little Beck. It is 67 feet high.
2.9 miN
Nightlife
Birch Hall Inn, Whitby
75 min walk • Birch Hall Inn is a public house founded around 1860 in Beck Hole in the North York Moors, England. It is designated as a Grade II listed building. It is noted for its small bars and shop, and interior, and is popular with hiking tourists on holiday in the area.
2.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Mallyan Spout, North York Moors
59 min walk • Mallyan Spout is a waterfall in North Yorkshire, England, the tallest waterfall in the North York Moors.
5.2 miW
Monastery
Rosedale Priory, North York Moors
134 min walk • Rosedale Priory was a priory in Rosedale Abbey, North Yorkshire, England that was founded c. 1150–1199. By the time the priory was suppressed in 1535, it had one prioress and eight nuns.
2.2 miSE
Valley
Newton Dale, North York Moors
58 min walk • Newton Dale is a narrow dale within the North York Moors National Park in North Yorkshire, England. It was created by meltwater from a glacier carving the narrow valley. Water still flows through the dale and is known as Pickering Beck.
5.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Rosedale, North York Moors
141 min walk • Rosedale is a valley located almost in the centre of the North York Moors national park in North Yorkshire, England. The nearest town is Kirkbymoorside, some 7 miles to the south. Rosedale is surrounded by moorland. To the north-west sits Blakey Ridge at over 1,300 feet above sea level.
3.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Hole of Horcum, North York Moors
91 min walk • The Hole of Horcum is a section of the valley of the Levisham Beck, upstream of Levisham and Lockton, in the Tabular Hills of the North York Moors National Park in northern England.
2.7 miW
Museum
Blue Man-i'-th'-Moss, North York Moors
69 min walk • Blue Man-i'-th'-Moss is a standing stone in the North York Moors in northern England. It lies on Wheeldale Moor on the route of the Lyke Wake Walk. It is a parish boundary stone, but is believed to have been standing since pre-Roman times. It is 2 metres tall and has small boulders and stones set in the ground around its base.
2.9 miNE
Bridge
North Yorkshire Moors Railway, North York Moors
75 min walk • The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England, that runs through the North York Moors National Park.
4.9 miSE
Archaeological site
Blakey Topping standing stones, North York Moors
125 min walk • Blakey Topping standing stones is a small group of standing stones near the Hole of Horcum in the North York Moors. It sits at the foot of Blakey Topping hill.
5.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tabular Hills, North York Moors
139 min walk • The Tabular Hills form an east–west line along the southern bounds of the North York Moors, between Scarborough in the east and Black Hambleton in the west. The name refers to their flat summits composed of hard Corallian limestone, known locally as "nabs". They form the northern boundary of the Vale of Pickering.