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Wain Wath Force

Photo of Wain Wath Force, a waterfall near Keld in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.

Wain Wath Force

© George Hopkins / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© George Hopkins / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Wain Wath Force

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Wain Wath Force is a wide, low fall on the River Swale near Keld, with the limestone crag of Cotterby Scar rising behind it — an easy-going spot rather than a dramatic plunge. A short walk from the road above Keld drops you to a grassy bank by the pool, which makes it a favourite place for a summer paddle. It sits close to where the Coast to Coast and Pennine Way routes meet. Kirkby Stephen station is about 13km away to the north-west.

More places to visit near Wain Wath Force

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 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.

0.1 km NW · North Yorkshire & Cumbria

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.

0.9 km NE · spans 8 counties

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

4.4 km N

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.

6.1 km S

Photo of Old Gang Smelt Mill, a landmark near Low Row in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Old Gang Smelt Mill

Landmark near Low Row

The roofless mill, lone chimney and long peat store of a Victorian lead-smelting works in a bare side valley of Swaledale.

9.1 km E