Yorkshire Travel Guide - Countryside

Janet's Foss is a popular waterfall and beauty spot on the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales. Local stories say that a faerie queen named Janet (or Jennet) lived in a small cave behind the waterfall.
Gordale Lane, Malham, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire, England, BD23 4DA

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Malham Cove is a stunning, semi-circular cliff on the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales. The Cove is 80 metres high, and approximately 300 metres wide. It was formed by the action of water from nearby Malham Tarn rushing over a carboniferous limestone cliff, and wearing away the stone more in the centre of the cliff to form a wide curve.
Malham, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire, England

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Mallyan Spout is a 70-foot waterfall, the highest in the North York Moors National Park. The waterfall is reached by a footpath behind the Mallyan Spout Hotel in Goathland village - famous as the setting for the TV series 'Heartbeat'. Mallyan Spout was a major visitor attraction in the Victorian period.
Goathland, North York Moors, Yorkshire, England

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Mill Gill Force is a picturesque waterfall on Mill Gill just west of the village of Askrigg in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The waterfall is easy to reach via a 15-minute walk from the village centre.
Askrigg, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire, England

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Mother Shipton's Cave is the birthplace of the famous 16th-century prophetess Ursula 'Mother' Shipton. Next to the cave is the Petrifying Well, arguably the oldest paid tourist attraction in Britain, where the heavily mineralised water turns objects to stone. The well and cave stand in the ancient Royal Forest of Knaresborough, landscaped as a pleasure ground in 1630.
Prophecy Lodge, High Bridge, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England, HG5 8DD

Attraction Type: Countryside - Cave
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Heritage Highlight: Home of the famous Tudor prophetess Mother Shipton

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The North York Moors is an area of fantastic natural beauty; by turns bleak and forbidding, then lush and colourful. The area enclosed by the park is essentially a high plateau bordered by the Vale of Pickering and the Vale of York to the south, and by the Plain of Cleveland to the north. The best time to visit is in July and August when the moors turn brilliant purple with blooming heather.
North York Moors, Yorkshire, England

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A true landmark in the North Yorkshire landscape, Roseberry Topping is a distinctive hill just beyond the northern extremity of the North York Moors National Park. The views from the summit of the hill are superb, and on a clear day, you can see south over the Moors, west to the Yorkshire Dales, and over Teesdale to the north.
Newton-under-Roseberry, North York Moors, Yorkshire, England

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A long, hook-shaped shingle formed by the relentless action of wind and tide. Spurn Head stretches south into the mouth of the Humber. Spurn Head is home to a huge population of migrating birds. The best time to visit is spring or autumn when you can view the migratory birds from a special observatory. The area has been named a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England

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The Bridestones is a nature reserve in the Dalby Forest north of Thornton-le-Dale, named for a series of peculiar rock formations that stand in open moorland looking over Dove Dale. The reserve includes moorland, ancient forest, and meadows.
Dalby Forest Drive, Dalby, North York Moors, Yorkshire, England, YO18 7LR

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The Buttertubs are a group of limestone potholes at the summit of the Buttertubs Pass between Thwaite in Swaledale and Hawes in Wensleydale. Swaledale farmers going to market in Hawes would store butter in the potholes to keep it cool.
Buttertubs Pass, Thwaite, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: Used by farmers to keep butter cool

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