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Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor

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Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor is one of 230 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire. Only three of the county's SSSIs are larger. It lies inside the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Nearby SSSIs include Ox Close and Cliff Beck Meadow, Buttertubs. For arrivals by rail, Garsdale Station is about 7.5 km to the west.

More places to visit near Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor

Photo of the Yorkshire Dales, a National Park in England.Iconic

Yorkshire Dales

You’re inside itNational Park near Gayle

Limestone country of dry-stone walls, field barns, waterfalls and the Three Peaks.

Photo: Buttertubs Pass, a viewpoint near Thwaite in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Buttertubs Pass

Viewpoint near Thwaite

A high moorland road between Wensleydale and Swaledale, named for the deep limestone potholes at its summit.

adjoining

Photo of Hardraw Force, a waterfall near Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Hardraw Force

Waterfall near Hawes

England's highest unbroken waterfall above ground — a hundred-foot drop into a wooded amphitheatre, reached through the bar of the Green Dragon Inn.

0.4 km W

Photo along the Coast to Coast, a 190-mile National Trail running from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay, England.Highlight

Coast to Coast

National Trail

Wainwright's own invention: St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay through three national parks.

0.5 km NW · North Yorkshire & Cumbria

Photo along the Pennine Way, a 268-mile National Trail running from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, England and Scotland.Highlight

Pennine Way

National Trail

The first and toughest of them all — 268 miles along England's rocky spine from the Peak to the Cheviots.

0.9 km W · spans 8 counties

Photo of Gunnerside, a village in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Gunnerside

Village

Postcard-perfect Swaledale village at the mouth of a lead-mining gill, its cottages tight against the fell.

0.9 km NW · North Yorkshire