Friar Hood

Friar Hood is a locality in Stonebeck Down, Harrogate District, England. Friar Hood is situated nearby to the locality Twenty Meres, as well as near Meugher Drive.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mossdale Caverns and Meugher.

Mossdale Caverns

Cave

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mossdale Caverns is a cave system in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is about 5 kilometres north of Grassington, and east of Conistone, where Mossdale Beck sinks at the base of Mossdale Scar.

Meugher is a hill in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It lies in remote country between Wharfedale and Nidderdale, in the parish of Stonebeck Down less than 1 kilometre outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park but within the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Beauty.

Priest’s Tarn

Priest's Tarn is an upland lake on Grassington Moor, in North Yorkshire, England. The water from Priest's Tarn was historically used for hydraulic mining purposes during the lead industry on Grassington Moor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Conistone and Kettlewell.

Conistone

Village

Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Conistone is a small village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies 3 miles north of Grassington, 3 miles south of Kettlewell and 12 miles north of Skipton beside the River Wharfe, in Upper Wharfedale. Conistone is situated 3½ miles southwest of Friar Hood.

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. Kettlewell is situated 4 miles west of Friar Hood.

Kilnsey

Village

Kilnsey is a small village in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the B6160 road, between the villages of Grassington and Kettlewell, near Arncliffe and just across the River Wharfe from Conistone. Kilnsey is situated 4 miles southwest of Friar Hood.

Friar Hood

Type: Locality
Location: Stonebeck Down, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.13379° or 54° 8′ 2″ north

Longitude

-1.95782° or 1° 57′ 28″ west

Open location code

9C6W42MR+GV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6005868090

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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