Gragareth, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Name: Gragareth
Address: Yorkshire Dales National Park, United Kingdom

#39 among attractions in Yorkshire Dales National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Gragareth, Yorkshire Dales National Park

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Gragareth is a mountain straddling the border between Lancashire and North Yorkshire in England. At 627 metres, its summit is the second highest point in the post-1974 county of Lancashire. The highest point in modern Lancashire is Green Hill, approximately 3.2 km to the north and the Old Man of Coniston in the Furness Fells of the Lake District at 803 metres is the county top of the traditional county of Lancashire. The summit of Gragareth lies about 200 m west of the county boundary, but inside the 2016 border of Yorkshire Dales National Park. The western slopes are known as Leck Fell and the southern slopes form Ireby Fell. ()

Elevation: 2060 ftProminence: 98 ftCoordinates: 54°12'31"N, 2°28'48"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Jingling Pot, Swinsto Cave, Yordas Cave, Rowten Pot.

0.9 miSE
Cave
Jingling Pot, Yorkshire Dales
24 min walk • Jingling Pot is a limestone cave in West Kingsdale, North Yorkshire, England. Located adjacent to Jingling Beck, it is a lenticular-shaped 45-metre deep shaft that descends straight from the surface.
1.2 miS
Cave
Swinsto Cave, Yorkshire Dales
30 min walk • Swinsto Cave is a limestone cave in West Kingsdale, North Yorkshire, England. It leads into Kingsdale Master Cave and it is popular with cavers as it is possible to descend by abseiling down the pitches, retrieving the rope each time, and exiting through Valley Entrance of Kingsdale Master Cave at the base of the hill.
1.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Yordas Cave, Yorkshire Dales National Park
29 min walk • Yordas Cave is a solutional cave in Kingsdale, North Yorkshire, England. It has been renowned since the eighteenth century as a natural curiosity, and was a show cave during the nineteenth century.
1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Rowten Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
27 min walk • Rowten Pot is one of several entrances into the 27-kilometre long cave system that drains Kingsdale in North Yorkshire, England. Its entrance is a shaft some 27 metres long, 10 metres wide, and at the southern end 72 metres deep.
0.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Aquamole Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
24 min walk • Aquamole Pot is a limestone cave in West Kingsdale, North Yorkshire, England. It was originally discovered by cave divers who negotiated 168 metres of sump passage from Rowten Pot in 1974, to enter a high aven above the river passage.
1.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Lost Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
31 min walk • Lost Pot is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. It leads into the top end of Lost Johns' Cave, and is part of the Three Counties System, an 87 kilometres cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire.
1.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Boxhead Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
31 min walk • Boxhead Pot is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. It leads into the top end of Lost Johns' Cave, and is part of the Three Counties System, an 87 kilometres cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire.
1.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Lost Johns' Cave, Yorkshire Dales National Park
30 min walk • Lost Johns' Cave is an extensive cave system on Leck Fell, Lancashire, England. With its three major vertical routes it is a popular place to practise single-rope technique because of the opportunity for exchange trips.
1.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Three Counties System, Yorkshire Dales National Park
28 min walk • The Three Counties System is a set of inter-connected limestone solutional cave systems spanning the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire and North Yorkshire in the north of England.
1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Simpson Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
27 min walk • Named after Eli Simpson, Simpson Pot is a limestone cave in West Kingsdale, North Yorkshire, England.
1.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Death's Head Hole, Yorkshire Dales National Park
32 min walk • Death's Head Hole is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. Its entrance is a 64-metre deep shaft. It leads into Lost Johns' Cave and is part of the Three Counties System, an 87-kilometre cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire.