Wharfedale, Buckden

Name: Wharfedale
Address: Buckden, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Buckden

Nature, Top attraction, Natural attraction, Valley

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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. Towns and villages in Wharfedale include Buckden, Kettlewell, Conistone, Grassington, Hebden, Bolton Abbey, Addingham, Ilkley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Otley, Pool-in-Wharfedale, Arthington, Collingham and Wetherby. Beyond Wetherby, the valley opens out and becomes part of the Vale of York. ()

Alternative names: Length: 50 miCoordinates: 54°11'28"N, 2°5'28"W

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Wharfedale – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mossdale Caverns, Fountains Fell Tarn, Great Whernside, Buckden Pike.

6.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Mossdale Caverns, Yorkshire Dales National Park
168 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.
5.9 miSW
Lake
Fountains Fell Tarn, Yorkshire Dales
150 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.
4.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Great Whernside, Yorkshire Dales National Park
110 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.
1.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Buckden Pike, Yorkshire Dales National Park
39 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.
5.5 miN
Church
St Matthew's Church, Yorkshire Dales
142 min walk • St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Stalling Busk, North Yorkshire.
5.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Little Whernside
137 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.
3.5 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Yorkshire Water Way, Yorkshire Dales
90 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.
5.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Langcliffe Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
130 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.
5.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fountains Fell, Yorkshire Dales National Park
152 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.
6 miNW
Mountain pass
Fleet Moss, Yorkshire Dales
153 min walk • Fleet Moss is a upland area separating Wharfedale from Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. The area is 1,850 ft above sea level. Fleet Moss is noted for its peat blanket bog, which has been dated to the Neolithic period. The area is ombrotrophic; this means it needs rain, hail snow and fog for its nutrients.
2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Langstrothdale, Yorkshire Dales National Park
50 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.