Skelside

Skelside is a locality in Dent, Westmorland and Furness, England. Skelside is situated nearby to the locality Brocket Holes Pasture, as well as near Low Pike.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whernside and Ribblehead Viaduct.

Whernside

Peak

Photo: Cyberdemon007, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Whernside is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales in Northern England. It is the highest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, the other two being Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent.

The Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct carries the Settle–Carlisle railway across Batty Moss in the Ribble Valley at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England. Ribblehead Viaduct is situated 1½ miles southeast of Skelside.

Ribblehead railway station

Railway station

Photo: Ulleskelf, Public domain.

Ribblehead is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 52 miles 17 chains north-west of Leeds, serves the area of Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England. Ribblehead railway station is situated 2 miles southeast of Skelside.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chapel-le-Dale and Stone House.

Chapel-le-Dale

Hamlet

Chapel-le-Dale is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ingleton, North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in a valley of the same name, and was previously in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Chapel-le-Dale is situated 2 miles south of Skelside.

Stone House

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stone House is a locality at Dent Head on the River Dee, in the county of Cumbria, England, to the south-east of Cowgill and to the north-west of Newby Head. Stone House is situated 4 miles northeast of Skelside.

Scar End

Hamlet

Scar End is a settlement on the side of Twisleton Scar in the English county of North Yorkshire. This Scar itself is the end of a spur running westwards from Whernside, one of the Three Peaks, towards Ingleton, North Yorkshire, and the beds of limestone project to a height of 120 metres above sea level. Scar End is situated 4 miles southwest of Skelside.

Skelside

Type: Locality
Location: Dent, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.21966° or 54° 13′ 11″ north

Longitude

-2.40529° or 2° 24′ 19″ west

Open location code

9C6V6H9V+VV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9653226177

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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