Muker Common

Muker Common is a locality in High Abbotside, Richmondshire District, England. Muker Common is situated nearby to the locality Lover Gill Head, as well as near Little Rigg.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lovely Seat and Buttertubs Pass.

Lovely Seat

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

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. Hardraw Force is situated 2 miles south of Muker Common.

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. Thwaite is situated 2 miles north of Muker Common.

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. Simonstone is situated 2 miles south of Muker Common.

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 Village is 1 mile north of the town of Hawes across the River Ure. Sedbusk is situated 2½ miles south of Muker Common.

Muker Common

Type: Locality
Location: High Abbotside, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.34999° or 54° 20′ 60″ north

Longitude

-2.18286° or 2° 10′ 58″ west

Open location code

9C6V8RX8+XV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10671975982

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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