Great Whernside
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.Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,310 feet
- Description: mountain in United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Great Whemside”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Langcliffe Pot and Hunters Stone.
Langcliffe Pot
Cave
Photo: Langcliffe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Langcliffe Pot is a cave system on the slopes of Great Whernside in Upper Wharfedale, about 3 kilometres SSE of Kettlewell in North Yorkshire. It is part of the Black Keld Site of Special Scientific Interest where the "underground drainage system which feeds…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kettlewell and Starbotton.
Kettlewell
Village
Photo: Johnteslade, Public domain.
Kettlewell is a village in Upper Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England. It lies 6 miles north of Grassington, at the point where Wharfedale is joined by a minor road which leads north-east from the village over Park Rash Pass to Coverdale. Great Whernside rises to the east.
Starbotton
Village
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Starbotton is a village of around 60 houses in Upper Wharfedale in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, by the River Wharfe.
Woodale
Hamlet
Woodale is a hamlet in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales in England. It lies in the civil parish of Carlton Highdale in the county of North Yorkshire. The River Cover flows nearby.
Great Whernside
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Kettlewell with Starbotton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.16103° or 54° 9′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.99827° or 1° 59′ 54″ westElevation
2,310 feet (704 metres)Open location code
9C6W5262+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 321052886OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Great Whernside” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great Whernside”
- Dutch: “Great Whernside”
- Ladin: “Great Whernside”
- Swedish: “Great Whernside”
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