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

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Thwaite

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The pioneering wildlife photographers Richard and Cherry Kearton were born at Thwaite, a small cluster of cottages in upper Swaledale — a carved panel of birds and animals on one of the houses remembers them. The Pennine Way passes through on its way round Kisdon Hill, and it’s an easy walk to Muker across the meadows or up to Keld. Tiny, sheltered and quiet.

More places to visit near Thwaite

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.

here · spans 8 counties

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.

1.8 km E · North Yorkshire & Cumbria

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.

3.5 km SW

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.

6.8 km S

Photo of High Cup Nick, the glacial valley cut into the North Pennines escarpment, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

North Pennines

National Landscape near Wearhead

England's high, quiet backbone of moorland tops, waterfalls and old lead-mining dales, designated in 1988

7.5 km N