Fleet Moss, Yorkshire Dales

Name: Fleet Moss
Address: Yorkshire Dales, United Kingdom

#15 among attractions in Yorkshire Dales

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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. Fleet Moss is known as the most eroded blanket bog in all of Yorkshire; because of its observable damage, it is known colloquially as The Somme, and as such, is visible from space. ()

Coordinates: 54°14'45"N, 2°12'22"W

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Yorkshire Dales United Kingdom

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Fleet Moss – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hardraw Force, Gayle Mill, St Mary and St John's Church, Semerwater.

5.1 miN
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Park
Hardraw Force, Hawes
130 min walk • Hardraw Force is a waterfall on the Hardraw Beck in Hardraw Scar, a wooded ravine just outside the hamlet of Hardraw, 0.9 miles north of the town of Hawes, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales. The Pennine Way long distance footpath passes close by.
3.7 miN
Historical and heritage tours, Classes and workshops, Museum
Gayle Mill, Hawes
94 min walk • Gayle Mill, dating from about 1784, is thought to be the oldest structurally unaltered cotton mill in existence. It is located in the Wensleydale hamlet of Gayle, England, 1 mile south of the market town of Hawes. It lies within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
4.9 miN
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Mary and St John's Church, Hawes
125 min walk • St Mary and St John's Church, Hardraw is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Hardraw, North Yorkshire.
4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Semerwater, Yorkshire Dales
104 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.
4.1 miN
Specialty museum, Museum
Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes
105 min walk • The Dales Countryside Museum is a local museum for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Northern England. Run by the National Park Authority, it tells the story of the people who have lived and worked in the Yorkshire Dales for over a 1,000 years.
5.1 miN
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Park
Cotter Force, Hawes
130 min walk • Cotter Force is a small waterfall on Cotterdale Beck, a minor tributary of the River Ure, near the mouth of Cotterdale, a side dale in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England.
5.7 miNE
Mountain
Addlebrough, Yorkshire Dales
146 min walk • Addlebrough is a fell in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. It is 481 m high. Bronze Age inhabitants built homes and enclosures on the fell's southern slopes.
4 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Margaret's Church, Hawes
102 min walk • St Margaret's Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Hawes, North Yorkshire.
4.4 miN
Landmark region with moors and mountains
Wensleydale, Hawes
113 min walk • Wensleydale is the dale or upper valley of the River Ure on the east side of the Pennines, one of the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England.
3.4 miNE
Church
St Matthew's Church, Yorkshire Dales
87 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.
5.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Plover Hill, Yorkshire Dales National Park
133 min walk • Plover Hill is an area of moorland lying to the north of Pen-y-ghent in the Yorkshire Dales and connected to it by an unbroken area of high ground.