Buckden Pike, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Name: Buckden Pike
Address: Yorkshire Dales National Park, United Kingdom

#35 among attractions in Yorkshire Dales National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Buckden Pike, Yorkshire Dales National Park

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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. The summit is marked by a trig point. ()

Elevation: 2303 ftProminence: 679 ftCoordinates: 54°12'17"N, 2°3'43"W

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Yorkshire Dales National Park United Kingdom

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Buckden Pike – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Semerwater, Angram Reservoir, Great Whernside, St Matthew's Church.

5.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Semerwater, Yorkshire Dales
149 min walk • Semerwater is the second largest natural lake in North Yorkshire, England, after Malham Tarn. It is half a mile long, covers 100 acres and lies in Raydale, opposite the River Bain. A private pay and display parking area is at the foot of the lake. Semerwater attracts canoers, windsurfers, yachtsmen and fishermen.
5.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Angram Reservoir
132 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 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Great Whernside, Yorkshire Dales National Park
102 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.
5.2 miNW
Church
St Matthew's Church, Yorkshire Dales
132 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.
1.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Wharfedale, Buckden
39 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.
4.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Little Whernside
108 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.
4.1 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Yorkshire Water Way, Yorkshire Dales
104 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.
5.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Langcliffe Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
134 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.
2.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Langstrothdale, Yorkshire Dales National Park
75 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.
7.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Meugher
187 min walk • Meugher is a hill in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It lies in remote country between Wharfedale and Nidderdale, in the parish of Stonebeck Down less than 1 kilometre outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park but within the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Beauty.
5.4 miN
Archaeological site
Castle Dykes Henge, Yorkshire Dales
139 min walk • Castle Dykes Henge is a Class I Neolithic henge earthwork in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England, situated between the villages of Aysgarth and Thornton Rust.

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How to get to Buckden Pike by public transport?

The nearest stations to Buckden Pike:

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Buckden - National Park Car Park • Lines: 72A, 72B, 875 (37 min walk)