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Pen y ghent Gill

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Pen y ghent Gill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire of 2.2 km². It is one of 230 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. It is among the largest in the county. It lies inside the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Nearby SSSIs include Brants Gill Catchment and Malham-Arncliffe. The closest station is Horton-in-Ribblesdale, about 4.9 km to the west.

More places to visit near Pen y ghent Gill

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 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.

1.8 km S · spans 8 counties

Photo: Pen-y-ghent, a 694m hill near Horton-in-Ribblesdale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.Iconic

Pen-y-ghent

Hewitt · Nuttall near Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Stepped lion-couchant profile, Three Peaks favourite.

3.2 km W

Photo of Malham Tarn Estate, a nature reserve near Arncliffe in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.

Malham Tarn Estate

Nature reserve near Arncliffe

A National Trust place in North Yorkshire.

5.5 km S

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

Arncliffe

Village

Quiet Littondale village around a broad green, its inn once the original Woolpack of Emmerdale under Pen-y-ghent.

6.5 km E · North Yorkshire

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

Hubberholme

Village

A hamlet of a church and an inn on the infant Wharfe, J. B. Priestley's favourite place, his ashes scattered here.

7.1 km NE · North Yorkshire