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Swinden Quarry

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Swinden Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire of 1.1 km². It is one of 230 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. It lies within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Nearby SSSIs include Cracoe Reef Knolls and West Nidderdale and Blubberhouses Moors. The closest station is Gargrave, about 8.3 km to the south-west.

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Yorkshire Dales

You’re inside itNational Park near Gayle

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

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Linton (Linton)

Village

A postcard village near Grassington, its beck crossed by clapper bridge, packhorse bridge and stepping stones at once.

1.8 km NE · North Yorkshire

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The Angel at Hetton

Restaurant · With rooms near Hetton

A Dales inn turned fine-dining restaurant with rooms in a Yorkshire hamlet.

3.1 km SW

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

Grassington

Village

The bustling capital of Upper Wharfedale, its cobbled square ringed by tea rooms, galleries and old lead-mining cottages.

3.5 km NE · North Yorkshire

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Burnsall

Village

Reckoned one of Yorkshire's prettiest villages, its riverside green and five-arched bridge set in a bend of the Wharfe.

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Photo of Gordale Scar, a gorge near Malham in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.Iconic

Gordale Scar

Gorge near Malham

A towering limestone ravine with twin waterfalls, its overhanging walls a magnet for artists and writers for centuries.

6.9 km W