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Whernside is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales in Northern England.It is the highest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, [2] the other two being Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent.It is the highest point in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire [1] [note 1] and the historic West Riding of Yorkshire with the summit lying on the county boundary with Cumbria.
The mountains of Whernside (736 m or 2,415 ft), Ingleborough (723 m or 2,372 ft) and Pen-y-ghent (694 m or 2,277 ft) are collectively known as the Three Peaks.The peaks, which form part of the Pennine range, encircle the head of the valley of the River Ribble in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in the North of England.
Great Whernside: 704 c 288 GWS-2 Little Whernside: 604 c 79 GWS-3 Meugher: 575 c 36 GWS-4 Dead Man's Hill: 546 c 62 GWS-5 Simon's Seat: 485 c 102 GWS-6 Woodale Moss: 459 c 36 GWS-7 Greenhow Hill 428 c 44 GWS-8 High Crag 420 c 33 GWS-9 Round Hill 409 c 112 GWS-10 The Old Pike: 400 c 33
The Pennines (/ ˈ p ɛ n aɪ n z /), also known as the Pennine Chain or Pennine Hills, [1] are a range of uplands mainly located in Northern England.Commonly described as the "backbone of England" because of its length and position, the range runs from Derbyshire and Staffordshire in the north of the Midlands to Northumberland in North East England.
In 1947, the Hobhouse Report recommended the creation of the Yorkshire Dales National Park covering parts of the West Riding and North Riding of Yorkshire.The proposed National Park included most of the Yorkshire Dales, but not Nidderdale.
Whernside: 5 Herefordshire: 703 154 Black Mountain: 6 Derbyshire: 636 488 Kinder Scout: 7 Lancashire: 628 30 Green Hill: 8 Devon: 621 533 High Willhays: 9 West Yorkshire: 582 165 Black Hill: 10 Cheshire: 559 236 Shining Tor: 11 South Yorkshire: 548 53 High Stones: 12 Greater Manchester: 542 34 Black Chew Head
The name Whernside, first recorded in 1214 as Querneside, is of Old English origin. It is derived from cweorn 'quern' or 'millstone' and sīde 'hillside', so means "hillside where millstones are found". [1] The upper part of the hill is composed of millstone grit, and there were once quarries on the Wharfedale side. According to one source the ...
The highest point in the Nidderdale AONB is Great Whernside, 704 metres (2,310 ft) above sea level, on the border with the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The area is said to contain "remains from over 6,000 years of human activity"; there is evidence of "almost continuous settlement over this time with the exception of the Roman period for ...