Middle Tongue
Middle Tongue is a heath in Appletreewick, Craven District, England. Middle Tongue is situated nearby to the peak Greenhaw Hill, as well as near the spring High Shaws Well.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grimwith Reservoir and Stump Cross Caverns.
Grimwith Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grimwith Reservoir is located in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It was originally built by the Bradford Corporation as one of eleven reservoirs in the Yorkshire Dales to supply fresh water to Bradford.
Stump Cross Caverns
Cave
Photo: Simon Frost, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stump Cross Caverns is a limestone cave system between Wharfedale and Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, England. First discovered around 1860 by the Newbold brothers and further explored in the 1920s, the caverns are now open to the public as a commercial tourist attraction. Stump Cross Caverns is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Middle Tongue.
Parcevall Hall Gardens
Photo: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parcevall Hall, also known as Parceval Hall, and its gardens are located at Skyreholme near Appletreewick village, Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England. Parcevall Hall Gardens is situated 2½ miles south of Middle Tongue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trollers Gill and Greenhow.
Trollers Gill
Locality
Photo: Jamesfcarter, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Trollers Gill is a limestone gill or gorge in North Yorkshire, England, close to the village of Skyreholme and 4.7 miles south-east of Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales. The gorge, which is 0.5 miles in length, is also known as Trollerdale. Trollers Gill is situated 2 miles south of Middle Tongue.
Greenhow
Hamlet
Photo: Malcolm302, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Greenhow is a village in North Yorkshire, England, often referred to as Greenhow Hill. The term how derives from the Old Norse word haugr meaning a hill and a mound, so Greenhow literally means 'Green's hill or mound'. Greenhow is situated 2½ miles east of Middle Tongue.
Skyreholme
Village
Skyreholme is a hamlet in Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies 1-mile east of Appletreewick, in the small side valleys formed by Skyreholme Beck and Blands Beck, which meet in the hamlet to form Fir Beck, a short tributary… Skyreholme is situated 3 miles south of Middle Tongue.
Middle Tongue
- Type: Heath
- Location: Appletreewick, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.08042° or 54° 4′ 50″ northLongitude
-1.88961° or 1° 53′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C6W34J6+55OpenStreetMap ID
way 1488522527OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heath
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