Swinards

Swinards is a meadow in Kettlewell with Starbotton, Craven District, England. Swinards is situated nearby to the ruins old lime kiln, as well as near the meadow High Slade Close.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Whernside and Langcliffe Pot.

Great Whernside

Peak

Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Whernside is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England, not to be confused with Whernside, some 17 miles to the west. Its summit is the highest point of the eastern flank of Wharfedale above Kettlewell.

Langcliffe Pot

Cave

Photo: Langcliffe, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Langcliffe Pot is a cave system on the slopes of Great Whernside in Upper Wharfedale, about 3 kilometres SSE of Kettlewell in North Yorkshire. It is part of the Black Keld Site of Special Scientific Interest where the "underground drainage system which feeds… Langcliffe Pot is situated 2 miles south of Swinards.

Town Foot Bridge

Bridge

Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Town Foot Bridge is situated 1½ miles southwest of Swinards.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kettlewell and Starbotton.

Kettlewell

Village

Photo: Johnteslade, Public domain.

Kettlewell is a village in Upper Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England. It lies 6 miles north of Grassington, at the point where Wharfedale is joined by a minor road which leads north-east from the village over Park Rash Pass to Coverdale. Great Whernside rises to the east.

Starbotton

Village

Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Starbotton is a village of around 60 houses in Upper Wharfedale in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, by the River Wharfe. Starbotton is situated 2 miles west of Swinards.

Buckden

Photo: Peer Lawther, CC BY 2.0.

Buckden is a village in North Yorkshire, near the head of Wharfedale, with a population of 174 in 2021. Other settlements in the valley described here are Kettlewell, Starbotton, Hubberholme and Cray.

Swinards

Type: Meadow
Location: Kettlewell with Starbotton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.16044° or 54° 9′ 38″ north

Longitude

-2.02264° or 2° 1′ 22″ west

Open location code

9C6V5X6G+5W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 209969959

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=meadow

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