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Recommended towns & villages near Wensleydale

Hawes.

Hawes

(0.9 miles, 1.5 km)

This is a thriving, friendly market town at the heart of Wensleydale, it shows beautiful old stone properties, quaint shops, galleries, craft workshops and cafe's arranged around winding cobbled streets...

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Gayle

Gayle

(1.3 miles, 2.1 km, direction SW)

The picturesque village of Gayle is found amidst the glorious scenery of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is on the passage of the Pennine way, close to Hawes and the National Park Centre...

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Semer Water, near Bainbridge, Wensleydale.

Bainbridge

(3.0 miles, 4.8 km, direction E)

Bainbridge is the epitome of a typical Dales village, it comprises of picturesque old stone cottages, with a lively, well quarried stream running through it...

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St. Oswalds Church in Askrigg, North Yorkshire

Askrigg

(4.0 miles, 6.4 km, direction E)

In 1587, Queen Elizabeth II granted a charter to this lively little village and in the 20th-century Askrigg claimed its place in history as the setting for the T.V. series based on the James Herriot stories of a vet's life in the Yorkshire Dales...

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Thwaite in Swaledale

Thwaite

(4.8 miles, 7.8 km, direction N)

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St. Marys Churchyard, Muker.

Muker

(4.8 miles, 7.8 km, direction N)

Apart from having a place in the history of the Yorkshire Dales, Muker is a walkers paradise and a wonderful relaxing place to stay whilst discovering the beauty of the area...

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Gunnerside

Gunnerside

(6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction NE)

This is an attractive village lying at the heart of a landscape made famous in the TV series "All Creatures Great and Small"...

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The River Swale

Keld

(6.6 miles, 10.5 km, direction N)

Keld is a wonderfully scenic area at the head of Swalesdale. It is a lonely landscape with a small hamlet of stone cottages and outlying farms...

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Grisedale Tarn, Cumbria

Grisedale

(7.2 miles, 11.5 km, direction W)

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Aysgarth Falls

Aysgarth

(8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction E)

Aysgarth is a small village in the Yorkshire Dales known for its beautiful waterfalls on the River Ure. It's a perfect destination for nature lovers, with picturesque walks and charming countryside...

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Hardraw Force nr Hawes

Hardraw Force Waterfall

(1.2 miles, 1.9 km, direction NW)

Hardraw Force is claimed to be England's highest unbroken waterfall at 100ft. The falls were used as a location in the film Robin.....

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middle of semerwater

Semer Water

(3.0 miles, 4.8 km, direction SE)

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Littondale

Yorkshire Dales National Park

(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction S)

The unyielding screach of a curlew from the skies above, is often the only sound heard in the far upland reaches of the lonely.....

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Oughtershaw Moss

(5.8 miles, 9.3 km, direction S)

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Aysgarth Lower Falls, Easter weekend 2007. Yorkshire Dales

Aysgarth Falls

(8.5 miles, 13.8 km, direction E)

These magnificent falls, although not the highest in the land are certainly one of the most picturesque sights in Yorkshire. The.....

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Bolton Castle in Castle Bolton, North Yorkshire. Mary Queen of Scots was once held prisoner here.

Bolton Castle

(9.1 miles, 14.7 km, direction E)

On a misty morning the ruined crenulated towers of Bolton Castle take on an eyrie aura and it is easy to imagine what this once.....

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Pendragon Castle

Pendragon Castle

(10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction NW)

Pendragon Castle can be located 4 miles south of Kirkby Stephen, near the hamlet of Outhgill...

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Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire

Arkengarthdale

(10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction NE)

A picturesque dale on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire, and once the centre of a thriving local lead mining.....

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Approaching Swaledale between Keld & Thwaite

Swaledale

(11.0 miles, 17.6 km, direction NE)

Swaledale is one of the northernmost dales in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Less visited, but just as stunning as the more.....

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Gaping Ghyll also known as gaping Gill

Gaping Gill

(13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction SW)

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