Westmorland and Furness · Walks & nature
Cautley Spout
England's highest cascade waterfall, tumbling nearly 200 metres off the Howgill Fells into a wild glacial valley — with a temperance inn at the gate.
7.5 miles away
Westmorland and Furness · Walks & nature
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve
A lost railway line through orchid-rich limestone to a fourteen-arch viaduct — and one of England's two homes of the Scotch argus butterfly.
Good to know
Smardale Nature Reserve, Smardale, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria CA17 4HG
Opening times aren’t listed here — worth checking their website before you travel.
- Wildflower Season
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Worth the short hop
Cautley Spout
Westmorland and Furness · Farm shops
Farm Shop (Westmorland)
The original fell-side farm shop where Lakeland produce, proper butchery and open-country views make even a fuel stop feel like a treat.
8.5 miles away
North Yorkshire · Country pubs
Tan Hill Inn
Britain's highest pub, marooned on the wild moortops where the wind writes its own weather.
9.5 miles away
North Yorkshire · Walks & nature
Wain Wath Force
A tumbling Swaledale waterfall with deep, clear plunge pools — one of the Dales' great open-air swims.
9.5 miles away