Westerdale

Places of Interest

Cautley Spout

Waterfall

Photo: Darren Copley, CC BY 2.0.

Cautley Spout is England's highest waterfall above ground. The broken cascade of falls tumbles a total of 650 feet down a cliff face at the head of a wild and bleak glacial valley that comes down from a high plateau called The Calf.

Yarlside

Peak

Photo: clive, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yarlside is a hill in the Howgill Fells, Cumbria, England. This fell is not to be confused with the Yarlside area near Barrow-in-Furness, once served by the Yarlside Iron Mines tramway.

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Weasdale

Hamlet

Photo: Rob Bainbridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Weasdale is a small hamlet in Cumbria, England, 850 feet above sea-level on the northern flanks of the Howgill Fells. It is located approximately 6 miles south-west of Kirkby Stephen. Weasdale is situated 3½ miles north of Westerdale.

Ravenstonedale

Village

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ravenstonedale is a village and large civil parish in Cumbria, on the watershed between the River Lune and River Eden. The village lies 4 miles south west of Kirkby Stephen. The parish includes the village of Newbiggin-on-Lune and several smaller settlements including Bowderdale, Brownber, Greenside, Stennerskeugh, Wath and Weasdale. Ravenstonedale is situated 4 miles northeast of Westerdale.

Bowderdale

Hamlet

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bowderdale is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, 6 miles southwest of Kirkby Stephen. It is also the name of a dale in the Howgill Fells, the valley of Bowderdale Beck which rises on the western slopes of Yarlside and flows 5 miles north to join the River Lune below the village of Bowderdale. Bowderdale is situated 4 miles north of Westerdale.

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