Buttertubs Pass
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,133 feet
- Description: Cliff Gate Road
- Also known as: “Butter Tubs”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lovely Seat and Great Shunner Fell.
Lovely Seat
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lovely Seat, originally known as Lunasett until being misnamed by map makers some time in the twentieth century, is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thwaite and Cotterdale.
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.
Cotterdale
Village
Photo: WALKER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cotterdale is a small side dale and hamlet on the north side of Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. The dale lies to the west of Great Shunner Fell.
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.
Buttertubs Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: High Abbotside, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.35523° or 54° 21′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.20479° or 2° 12′ 17″ westElevation
2,133 feet (650 metres)Open location code
9C6V9Q4W+33OpenStreetMap ID
node 292028601OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Buttertubs Pass” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Butter Tubs”
- Dutch: “Buttertubs”
- German: “Buttertubs-Pass”
- Swedish: “Butter Tubs”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Willy Pit and Butter Tubs.
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