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Muker in Swaledale

Muker (38 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (0.9 miles, 1.5 km)

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...

Kisdon falls

Keld (17 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (1.7 miles, 2.8 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...

A View of Swaldale looking west towards Gunnerside, North Yorkshire

Gunnerside (7 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (3.8 miles, 6.2 km, direction E)

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

Photograph of Hawes taken from the vicinity of Stonehouse Inn to the North.

Hawes (108 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of North Yorkshire (5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction S)

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...

Bainbridge Stocks

Bainbridge (11 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (5.5 miles, 8.9 km, direction SE)

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...

Askrigg Village Centre.

Askrigg (10 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (5.6 miles, 9.1 km, direction SE)

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...

Gayle, Yorkshire Dales

Gayle (17 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (5.9 miles, 9.5 km, direction S)

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...

Grisedale Pike in the Lake District

Grisedale (3 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (7.9 miles, 12.8 km, direction W)

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Reeth in Swaledale

Reeth (40 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (9.1 miles, 14.6 km, direction E)

An area of startling clarity, populated with beautiful old stone buildings, Reeth is a famous centre from which to tour the beautiful Yorkshire Dales...

Aysgarth church, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire

Aysgarth (57 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (9.6 miles, 15.5 km, direction SE)

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...

View towards Penhill

Castle Bolton (114 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction SE)

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Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of County Durham (15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction NE)

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Near Arncliffe, Yorkshire

Arncliffe (1 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (16.5 miles, 26.6 km, direction S)

Arncliffe is the largest of Littondales four villages and is situated on the lovely River Skirfare...

Hull Pot near Horton in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire

Horton in Ribblesdale (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (16.7 miles, 26.9 km, direction S)

Set in the valley at the foot of Pen-y-Ghent (one of Yorkshire's Three Peaks) is the picturesque village of Horton-in-Ribblesdale..

St Mary's Church, Kettlewell, Wharfedale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire.

Kettlewell (49 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (16.7 miles, 26.9 km, direction S)

The spectacular limestone beauty of Kettlewell has been appreciated by travellers for decades. It has a series of delightful cottages clustered around the little Cam Beck, a tributary of the River Wharfe as it plunges from Great Whernside...

Richmond, North Yorkshire

Richmond (130 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of North Yorkshire (17.6 miles, 28.4 km, direction E)

Richmond is a lovely old market town on the River Swale in North Yorkshire...

Boroughgate, the towns main street. Appleby-in-Westmoorland, Cumbria

Appleby-in-Westmorland (6 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cumbria (18.9 miles, 30.5 km, direction NW)

Appleby, is situated in the valley of the River Eden near to Hoff Beck, stunningly beautiful, it is an ideal centre for both walking and touring...

High Force, Englands highest waterfall. On the River Tees, Upper Teesdale, Co.Durham.

Forest-in-Teesdale (30 Pictures)

in the county of County Durham (19.6 miles, 31.5 km, direction N)

It's landscape, possessed of a wild untamed beauty, highlighted by the meandering River Tees, has a few ancient farmhouses and old stone cottages...

Clints and Grikes

Ingleton (80 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of North Yorkshire (20.0 miles, 32.2 km, direction SW)

Ingleton thrives as a centre for those who take pleasure in exploring the vast underworld to be discovered beneath the limestone hills of this glorious scenic region...

Gates leading to Meaburn Hall, Maulds Meaburn, Cumbria

Maulds Meaburn (1 Pictures)

in the county of Cumbria (20.1 miles, 32.3 km, direction NW)

Hunter Davies (famous author, journalist and broadcaster) described the village as "... one of the most beautiful villages in the country"...

Recommended attractions near Thwaite

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

Bolton Castle (62 Pictures)

(9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction SE)

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.....

Aysgarth Lower Falls, Easter weekend 2007. Yorkshire Dales

Aysgarth Falls (49 Pictures)

(9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction SE)

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

Littondale

Yorkshire Dales National Park (266 Pictures)

(10.4 miles, 16.7 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.....

Egglestone Abbey

Egglestone Abbey (13 Pictures)

(14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction NE)

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A view of the Castle at Barnard Castle, County Durham

Barnard Castle (26 Pictures)

(15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction NE)

This historic town is a picturesque centre for discovering the delights of Teesdale. The town occupies a clifftop site above.....

Bowes Museum.. Near Barnard Castle...3rd October 2004.

Bowes Museum (12 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.7 km, direction NE)

Josephine Bowes, wife of John Bowes was a Parisian actress, and perhaps this shows in the choice of building they chose as a.....

Middleham Castle in all it's splendour april 06

Middleham Castle (17 Pictures)

(16.2 miles, 26.1 km, direction SE)

Picturesque, ruinous castle, which was said to be the favourite home of Richard III. It was built in 1170 by Richard Neville,.....

Richmond Castle

Richmond Castle (50 Pictures)

(17.3 miles, 27.9 km, direction E)

This castle, occupying a dramatic cliff-top site above the River Swale, led a fairly quiet life without any military action to.....

Red Tulips, Constable Burton Hall Gardens, North Yorkshire

Constable Burton Hall Gardens (31 Pictures)

(17.4 miles, 28.1 km, direction E)

Magnificent gardens surrounding a grand Palladian mansion lying close to Leyburn at the entrance to the vast sweep of glorious.....

Low Force, at Bowlees on the River Tees, Upper Teesdale, County Durham.

Teesdale (20 Pictures)

(17.6 miles, 28.3 km, direction N)

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Easby Abbey, Richmond, Yorkshire, South Wall

Easby Abbey (6 Pictures)

(18.3 miles, 29.5 km, direction E)

This pleasant place is interesting for the remarkable ruins of a 12th century Premonstratensian Abbey. Here in an idyllic.....

High Force, Englands highest waterfall. On the River Tees, Upper Teesdale, Co.Durham.

High Force (56 Pictures)

(18.7 miles, 30.2 km, direction N)

This is the Tees most spectacular offering, it is also England's highest waterfall. The best time to see High Force is just.....

Malham Tarn, North Yorkshire

Malham Tarn & Moor (4 Pictures)

(19.5 miles, 31.4 km, direction S)

Malham Tarn is a lake in the Yorkshire Dales National Park which inspired English novelist Charles Kingsley to write the classic.....

The magnificent Raby Castle, Staindrop, Co. Durham.

Raby Castle (31 Pictures)

(20.8 miles, 33.4 km, direction NE)

Arriving close to Staindrop from almost any direction the view of Raby Castle, built by the powerful Nevill family in the.....

Double rainbow

Hamsterley Forest (12 Pictures)

(20.9 miles, 33.6 km, direction NE)

Hampsterley Forest encompasses over five thousand acres, it is a combination of parkland and forest, giving access to some of the.....

Gordale Scar,  Malham Cove

Gordale Scar (8 Pictures)

(21.2 miles, 34.1 km, direction S)

Painted by James Ward, written about by Wordsworth in a sonnet, this dramatic limestone ravine is an essential visit when in the.....

Malham Views

Malham Cove (30 Pictures)

(21.2 miles, 34.2 km, direction S)

A natural limestone formation which is a national beauty spot, near Malham, North Yorkshire..

Janet's Foss. Malham, North Yorkshire

Janet's Foss (6 Pictures)

(21.6 miles, 34.8 km, direction S)

A small picturesque waterfall near the village of Malham and Malham Cove, North Yorkshire. Janet refers to a Fairy Queen who is.....

Garsdale Station on the Settle Carlisle Railway, located high in the Yorksire Dales National Park

Settle Carlisle Railway (9 Pictures)

(22.0 miles, 35.3 km, direction S)

This spectacular train journey could easily be the most scenic train trip in the whole of the UK. The route is part of National.....

Shap Abbey, near the village of Shap in Cumbria, taken in 1963

Shap Abbey (1 Pictures)

(24.0 miles, 38.6 km, direction NW)

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