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Wharncliffe Crags has a long history of rock climbing: it was at the forefront at the birth of the sport in the UK in the 1880s. Pre- World War I climbing legend J. W. Puttrell was a regular visitor to the crags from 1885 onwards and pioneered many early routes, most notably Puttrell's Progress which had its first ascent around 1900. [ 12 ]
South Yorkshire shown within the UK. This is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in South Yorkshire, United Kingdom.As of 2009, There are 35 sites designated within this Area of Search, of which 18 have been designated due to their biological interest, 14 due to its geological interest, and 3 for both biological and geological interest. [1]
Wharncliffe and Kynoch, a local services board in Ontario province; Wharncliffe Range, a small mountain range in British Columbia; United Kingdom. Wharncliffe Crags, a gritstone escarpment near Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England; Wharncliffe Side, a village in South Yorkshire; USA. Wharncliffe, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in ...
"Dragon's Den" at Wharncliffe Crags in South Yorkshire. More Hall is a 15th-century (or earlier) residence immediately below the gritstone edge of Wharncliffe Crags—Wharncliffe being formerly known in the local vernacular as Wantley—The dragon was reputed to reside in a den, and to fly across the valley to Allman (Dragon's) Well on the Waldershelf ridge above Deepcar.
Littondale is a small valley beside Upper Wharfedale, 3 miles (4.8 km) beyond Kilnsey and its famous crag. It is part of the Craven district of the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire, but is in the historic West Riding of Yorkshire. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 80 in 2015. [1]
Wharncliffe is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. It is 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Gilbert, and has a post office with ZIP code 25651. [2] The origin of the town's name is obscure. [3] It shares its name with a village north of Sheffield in England called Wharncliffe Crags, and the associated Earls of ...
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Lingmoor Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, situated eight kilometres (five miles) west of Ambleside.The fell reaches a height of 469 m (1,540 ft) and divides the valleys of Great Langdale and Little Langdale.