Lovely Seat
Lovely Seat, originally known as Lunasett, is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England. Situated at grid reference SD878950 three miles north of the town of Hawes, it is part of the high ground which separates Wensleydale from Swaledale and the highest point of Abbotside Common reaching a height of 675 metres.Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,211 feet
- Description: mountain in United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Lunasett”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buttertubs Pass and Hardraw Force.
Buttertubs Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Kreuzschnabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Buttertubs Pass is a high road in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The road winds its way north from Simonstone near Hawes towards Thwaite and Muker past 20-metre-deep limestone potholes called the Buttertubs.
Hardraw Force
Waterfall
Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hardraw Force is a waterfall on 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.
Great Shunner Fell
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Kreuzschnabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Great Shunner Fell is the third-highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England, and the highest point in Wensleydale; at 716 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thwaite and Simonstone.
Thwaite
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thwaite is a small village in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It is in Swaledale and is part of the civil parish of Muker. The village lies on the B6270 road that runs through Swaledale from east to west and is 9.3 miles west of Reeth.
Simonstone
Hamlet
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Simonstone is a hamlet near Hawes and Hardraw Force within the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The name is first recorded in 1301 as deriving from Sigemund's Rock.
Sedbusk
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sedbusk is a hamlet near Hawes and Hardraw Force within the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is 1 mile north of the town of Hawes across the River Ure.
Lovely Seat
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: High Abbotside, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.35077° or 54° 21′ 3″ northLongitude
-2.18764° or 2° 11′ 16″ westElevation
2,211 feet (674 metres)Open location code
9C6V9R26+8WOpenStreetMap ID
node 503706929OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Lovely Seat” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lovely Seat”
- Dutch: “Lovely Seat”
- Ladin: “Lovely Seat”
- Swedish: “Lovely Seat”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Muker Common and Turned Hill.
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