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Swineley Meadow, Widdale

Open accesson open access land, where the right to roam applies

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Swineley Meadow, Widdale is one of 230 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire. The surrounding countryside is part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Ashes Pasture and Meadows and Salt Lake Quarry are among the SSSIs within 7.9 km. The nearest railway station is Dent, about 3.8 km to the west.

More places to visit near Swineley Meadow, Widdale

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 Bridleway, a 205-mile National Trail running from Middleton Top or Hartington to A683 at Cote Moor, England.Highlight

Pennine Bridleway

National Trail

The Pennines for horse and bike — old packhorse trails and drovers' roads.

0.8 km W · spans 6 counties

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.

3.6 km SE · spans 8 counties

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

Cotter Force

Waterfall near Hawes

A gentle flight of stepped falls on Cotterdale Beck near Hawes, one of the most easily reached in the Dales.

7.6 km NE

Photo of Ribblehead Viaduct, a landmark near Horton-in-Ribblesdale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.Iconic

Ribblehead Viaduct

Landmark near Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Twenty-four arches of the Settle–Carlisle line striding across Batty Moss, built in the 1870s from navvy shanty towns whose dead fill Chapel-le-Dale's churchyard.

7.7 km SW

Photo: Whernside, a 737m hill near Dent in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.Iconic

Whernside

Hewitt · Nuttall near Dent

Yorkshire's highest peak, above Ribblehead Viaduct.

7.7 km SW