Ribblehead Viaduct, Yorkshire Dales National Park

Name: Ribblehead Viaduct
Address: Yorkshire Dales National Park, United Kingdom

#7 among attractions in Yorkshire Dales National Park

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Ribblehead Viaduct, Yorkshire Dales National Park

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The Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct carries the Settle–Carlisle railway across Batty Moss in the Ribble Valley at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England. The viaduct, built by the Midland Railway, is 28 miles north-west of Skipton and 26 miles south-east of Kendal. It is a Grade II* listed structure. Ribblehead Viaduct is the longest and the third tallest structure on the Settle–Carlisle line. ()

Alternative names: Opened: 3 August 1875 (149 years ago)Length: 1320 ftHeight: 104 ftCoordinates: 54°12'37"N, 2°22'12"W

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Ribblehead Viaduct – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ingleborough, Great Douk Cave, Jingling Pot, Whernside.

3.2 miS
Flat-topped peak with fortress ruins
Ingleborough, Settle
83 min walk • Ingleborough is the second-highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, and is frequently climbed as part of the Three Peaks walk.
1.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Great Douk Cave, Yorkshire Dales National Park
45 min walk • Great Douk Cave is a shallow cave system lying beneath the limestone bench of Ingleborough in Chapel-le-Dale, North Yorkshire, England.
3.8 miW
Cave
Jingling Pot, Yorkshire Dales
98 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.
1.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Whernside, Yorkshire Dales National Park
46 min walk • Whernside is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales in Northern England. It is the highest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, the other two being Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent.
2.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Alum Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
67 min walk • Alum Pot is a pothole with a large open shaft at a surface elevation of 343 metres on the eastern flanks of Simon Fell, North Yorkshire, England. It connects with nearby Long Churn Cave and Diccan Pot. The pot is accessed via a 1-km private track on payment of a small fee from Selside Farm in the hamlet of Selside in Ribblesdale.
3.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Yordas Cave, Yorkshire Dales National Park
86 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.
3.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Rowten Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
100 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.
3.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Juniper Gulf, Yorkshire Dales National Park
98 min walk • Juniper Gulf is a pit cave in on the side of Ingleborough in Yorkshire, England. It is a popular single rope technique trip for cavers, especially known for its final 50-metre pitch.
3.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Aquamole Pot, Yorkshire Dales National Park
97 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.
1.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Yorkshire Three Peaks, Yorkshire Dales National Park
46 min walk • The mountains of Whernside, Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent are collectively known as the Three Peaks.
2.6 miE
Protected area
Ling Gill, Yorkshire Dales National Park
67 min walk • Ling Gill is a gill in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. Cam Beck, a tributary of the River Ribble, flows through the gill. Ling Gill is a rare example of a sub-alpine ash woodland. The site is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a national nature reserve, not open to the public.

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How to get to Ribblehead Viaduct by public transport?

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Ribblehead (14 min walk)