Waterfalls in North YorkshireNorth Yorkshire, England

Three broad flights of stepped falls carrying the River Ure over limestone shelves through wooded Wensleydale.

Aysgarth

A thirty-foot fall in the woods of Little Beck near Whitby, with a tea garden at its lip and the Hermitage — a boulder hollowed into a cell in 1790 — up the path.

Goathland

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

Hawes

A four-and-a-half-mile circuit of the Twiss and Doe gorges — Thornton Force, Pecca Falls and half a dozen more on England's most famous waterfall walk.

Ingleton

A hidden two-stage fall in a wooded gorge above Stainforth, a favourite walk of the composer Elgar.

Stainforth

A mossy waterfall dropping into a woodland plunge pool near Malham, said to be home to the queen of the fairies.

Malham

A dramatic 40-foot fall tucked in a wooded ravine just outside Settle, best after rain.

Settle

The graceful Cauldron Falls dropping into a rocky pool below West Burton, painted by Turner on his Dales tours.

West Burton

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

Hawes

A pretty stepped fall by Keld where the Coast to Coast meets the Pennine Way at the top of Swaledale.

Keld

The tallest fall on the moors, a 70ft ribbon of water down a mossy ravine near Goathland.

Goathland

A tall single fall in a fern-hung ravine a short walk from Askrigg, often overlooked by visitors.

Askrigg

A series of low falls on the Ribble beside an arched packhorse bridge, where salmon leap in autumn.

Stainforth

A wooded cascade dropping into a dark pool on Eller Beck between Goathland and Beck Hole.

Goathland

The showpiece of the Ingleton Waterfalls Trail, the Twiss tumbling 14 metres over a bar of ancient rock.

Ingleton

A wooded side valley on the Bolton Abbey estate with a slender waterfall, on the path to Simon's Seat.

Appletreewick

A wide, low fall on the Swale below the crag of Cotterby Scar near Keld, a favourite paddling spot.

Keld