Austwick and Lawkland Mosses

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Austwick and Lawkland Mosses is one of 230 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire. It lies inside the Forest of Bowland National Landscape. For arrivals by rail, Clapham (N Yorks) Station is about 2.5 km to the north-west. Giggleswick Scar and Kinsey Cave and Oxenber and Wharfe Woods are among the SSSIs within 2.4 km.

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