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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]
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]
Beastie Boys Book, Michael “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz. 2018’s Beastie Boys Book is a music memoir that is as unique as the band itself.For the audiobook, the two ...
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.
The Wallace Monument stands on the crag at the right, and the long tail slopes down leftward Salisbury Crags to the left and Arthur's Seat to the right, with their tails sloping east to the right. A crag (sometimes spelled cragg , or in Scotland craig ) is a rocky hill or mountain, generally isolated from other high ground.
Glen Howe Park is a public recreation area in the village of Wharncliffe Side within the City of Sheffield, England. The park covers an area of 19 acres in the valley of the Tinker Brook, a minor tributary of the River Don. It is home to a variety of fungi, rare plants and animals only found in ancient woodlands.