Calver Hill, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Name: Calver Hill
Address: Yorkshire Dales National Park, United Kingdom

#82 among attractions in Yorkshire Dales National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Calver Hill is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England. It is composed of limestone and is situated at grid reference NZ012003, near where the valleys of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale meet, the village of Reeth is located on its lower south-eastern slopes, it reaches an altitude of 487 metres and is a distinguished feature in mid Swaledale. Calver Hill is an area of grouse shooting and the fell is dotted with grouse butts. Most of the drainage from the fell goes north and easterly to join the Arkle Beck in lower Arkengarthdale which eventually joins the River Swale just south of Reeth. ()

Coordinates: 54°23'54"N, 1°58'52"W

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Calver Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bolton Castle, Ellerton Priory, Swaledale Museum, Marrick Priory.

5.4 miS
Historic site with tours and a tearoom
Bolton Castle, Leyburn
138 min walk • Bolton Castle is a 14th-century castle located in Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England. The nearby village Castle Bolton takes its name from the castle. The castle is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The castle was damaged in the English Civil War, and “slighted” afterwards, but much of it survived.
4.5 miSE
Monastery
Ellerton Priory, Yorkshire Dales
115 min walk • Ellerton Priory was a priory of Cistercian nuns in Swaledale in North Yorkshire, England. Its ruins lie in the civil parish of Ellerton Abbey.
1.8 miE
Museum
Swaledale Museum, Yorkshire Dales National Park
45 min walk • Swaledale Museum is a local museum in the village of Reeth, near Richmond in North Yorkshire, England. It covers rural history including life and work in the local area of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
3.7 miSE
Monastery
Marrick Priory, Yorkshire Dales National Park
94 min walk • Marrick Priory was a Benedictine nunnery in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, established between 1140 and 1160 by Roger de Aske. The parish Church of the Virgin Mary and St. Andrew and 400 acres of local land also belonged to the priory, which thrived until the 16th century, in spite of the depredations of marauding Scots.
4.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Arkengarthdale, Yorkshire Dales National Park
106 min walk • Arkengarthdale is a dale, or valley, on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire, England. Running roughly north-west to south-east, it is the valley of the Arkle Beck, and is the northernmost of the Yorkshire Dales.
1.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Fremington Edge, Yorkshire Dales National Park
38 min walk • Fremington Edge is a 3-mile long wall of crags and scree slopes that is situated to the north of the village of Reeth in Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, England.
1.5 miS
Forts and castles
Maiden Castle, Yorkshire Dales National Park
38 min walk • Maiden Castle is a settlement in Grinton, North Yorkshire which probably dates from the Iron Age. It is listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
5.4 miS
Church
St Oswald's Church, Yorkshire Dales National Park
138 min walk • St Oswald's Church, Castle Bolton is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Castle Bolton, North Yorkshire.
4.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hoove, Yorkshire Dales National Park
109 min walk • Hoove is a hill in the northern Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England, near the town of Barnard Castle in County Durham. Its elevation is 554 metres, and it is classified as a Marilyn.
1.6 miE
54°23'23"N • 1°56'42"W
Stef Ottevanger Sculptures, Yorkshire Dales National Park
40 min walk • Art gallery, Shopping, Museum
4.6 miW
Neighbourhood
Gunnerside Gill, Keld
118 min walk • Gunnerside Gill is a small valley in the Yorkshire Dales which branches off Swaledale into moorland to the north of Gunnerside.