Malham

11 miles from Skipton, Malham is quite simply a place of outstanding natural beauty, with a tiny dales village nestling under the Great natural feature of Malham Cove. Very popular walking country.

Malham Cove

Standing some 270 feet high and 1000 feet wide, Malham Cove is a sweeping amphitheatre crag of limestone. The limestone pavement above the Cove is a massive, fascinating pattern of naturally eroded limestone, with deep cracks between the steps, called 'clints' and 'grykes'.

Janets Foss

Named after the local Faery Queen, Janets Foss is a pretty waterfall. There's a nearby Janets Cave, too.

Gordale Scar

Just around the corner from Malham Cove, Gordale Scar is an impressive natural gorge complete with overhanging sides and waterfall. It's thought that originally the gorge was a cavern, but at some point the roof fell in. There's a great campsite in the field at the entrance to Gordale Scar.

Malham Tarn

Above Malham Cove sits the Tarn, a 150 acre lake. Granted to the monks of Fountains Abbey in the 12th century, along with fishing rights. The tarn nowadays is protected as a nature reserve, and has a healthy population of water birds. There's a birdwatching hide.

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More Information:

There's a National Park Centre in Malham, open daily April to October. Tel: 01729 830363 e-mail: malham@ytbtic.co.uk

Daelnet have an excellent site about Malham and it's geology, at: http://www.malhamdale.org.uk/

related SkiptonWeb page: /tourist/walks/01_malham/index.htm

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