Great Whernside, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Name: Great Whernside
Address: Yorkshire Dales National Park, United Kingdom

#30 among attractions in Yorkshire Dales National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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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. Great Whernside forms the watershed between Wharfedale and Nidderdale, and is on the boundary between the Yorkshire Dales National Park and Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The River Nidd rises on the eastern slopes of Great Whernside, above Angram Reservoir. ()

Elevation: 2310 ftProminence: 945 ftCoordinates: 54°9'40"N, 1°59'54"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Mossdale Caverns, Angram Reservoir, St Mary's Church, Buckden Pike.

2.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Mossdale Caverns, Yorkshire Dales National Park
70 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.
2.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Angram Reservoir
68 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.
4.2 miS
Church, Romanesque architecture
St Mary's Church, Yorkshire Dales National Park
106 min walk • St Mary's Church is in the village of Conistone, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Skipton, the archdeaconry of Craven and the Diocese of Leeds. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Buckden Pike, Yorkshire Dales National Park
102 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.
4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Scar House Reservoir
101 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.
4.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Wharfedale, Buckden
110 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.
2.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Little Whernside
72 min walk • 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.
2.3 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Yorkshire Water Way, Yorkshire Dales
59 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.
1.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Langcliffe Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
46 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.
6.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Langstrothdale, Yorkshire Dales National Park
159 min walk • Langstrothdale is a scenic valley in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The uppermost course of the River Wharfe runs through it, but Wharfedale does not begin until the Wharfe meets Cray Gill, downstream of Hubberholme.
4.2 miSW
54°6'19"N • 2°2'28"W
Kilnsey Park Estate, Skipton
108 min walk • Park