Wainman’s Pinnacle
Wainman's Pinnacle, originally built as a folly, is a stone obelisk in Sutton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire. It tends to be referred to as ‘Cowling Pinnacle’ or 'The Salt Pot' and could also be seen as being a part of the village of Cowling.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lund’s Tower and Holy Trinity Church, Cowling.
Lund’s Tower
Scenic viewpoint
Lund's Tower is a stone-built folly situated to the south-west of the North Yorkshire village of Sutton-in-Craven. It is also known as Cowling Pinnacle, Sutton Pinnacle, the Ethel Tower, the Jubilee Tower or, in conjunction with the nearby Wainman's Pinnacle, the pair are referred to as the Salt and Pepper Pots. Lund’s Tower is situated 2,600 feet east of Wainman’s Pinnacle.
Holy Trinity Church, Cowling
Church
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Holy Trinity Church is the parish church of Cowling, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Cowling lay in the parish of St Andrew's Church, Kildwick until September 1845. Holy Trinity Church, Cowling is situated 1 mile west of Wainman’s Pinnacle.
The Hitching Stone
The Hitching Stone is a gritstone erratic block on Keighley Moor, North Yorkshire, near Earl Crag and the village of Cowling. It is very close to the border between North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire and the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire. The Hitching Stone is situated 4,000 feet south of Wainman’s Pinnacle.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cowling and Middleton.
Cowling
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cowling is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, bordering West Yorkshire and Lancashire. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Middleton
Locality
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middleton is a hamlet in the county of North Yorkshire, England, part of the civil parish of Cowling. It is near the border with West Yorkshire located west of Keighley, West Yorkshire and consists of only one row of stone-built cottages.
Sutton-in-Craven
Village
Sutton-in-Craven is a village, electoral ward and a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England that is situated in the Aire Valley between Skipton and Keighley.
Wainman’s Pinnacle
- Type: Monument
- Description: tower in Sutton, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Categories: folly tower and historic site
- Location: Cowling, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.88239° or 53° 52′ 57″ northLongitude
-2.02495° or 2° 1′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C5VVXJG+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 9723831329OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q55637329
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