Gordale Scar
Gordale Scar is a limestone ravine 1 mile north-east of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It contains two waterfalls and has overhanging limestone cliffs over 330 feet high.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Janet’s Foss and Malham National Park Visitor Centre.
Janet’s Foss
Waterfall
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Janet's Foss is a small waterfall near the village of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It carries Gordale Beck over a limestone outcrop topped by tufa into a deep pool below. Janet’s Foss is situated 2,800 feet southwest of Gordale Scar.
Malham National Park Visitor Centre
Tourism office
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Malham National Park Visitor Centre is a tourism office, which is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Gordale Scar.
Malham Tarn
Lake
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Malham Tarn is a glacial lake near the village of Malham in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The lake is one of only eight upland alkaline lakes in Europe. Malham Tarn is situated 2 miles northwest of Gordale Scar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malham Cove and Malham.
Malham Cove
Locality
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Malham Cove is a large curved limestone formation 0.6 miles north of the village of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It was formed by a waterfall carrying meltwater from glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age more than 12,000 years ago.
Malham
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Malham is a village in North Yorkshire set in karstic scenery: its best-known feature is the cliff of Malham Cove. In 2021 its population was just over 200, which includes the neighbouring smaller village of Kirkby Malham.
Hanlith
Hamlet
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Hanlith is a small village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near Kirkby Malham and the tourist attraction of Malham Cove. Hanlith is situated 2 miles southwest of Gordale Scar.
Gordale Scar
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: waterfall
- Categories: waterfall, canyon, and tourism
- Location: Bordley, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.07266° or 54° 4′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.13057° or 2° 7′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C6V3VF9+3QOpenStreetMap ID
node 7028294218OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=naturalOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q650289
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Gordale Scar” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Gordale Scar”
- German: “Gordale Scar”
- Japanese: “ゴルデールの谷”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gordale Scar”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gordale Scar”. Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.