Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Great Whernside
Height: 704m / 2310ft • Prominence: 288m / 945ft • Summit : very large cairn • Trip reports (hill-bagging)
The Top of Great Whernside
Despite the blue sky and warm day, there was still ice and snow in various places on the hill. The Yorkshire Dales National Park. England.
27-Feb-22 • Paul Austin Murphy • flickr
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looking north, from the trig point, along the ridge of Great Whernside towards Blackfell Top
28-Jan-22 • Ron Layters • flickr
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Great Whernside, from Little Whernside, Apr. 2021
17-Apr-21 • Great Uncle David • flickr
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Great Whernside, Apr. 2021
17-Apr-21 • Great Uncle David • flickr
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Blackfell Crags, Great Whernside, Apr. 2021
17-Apr-21 • Great Uncle David • flickr
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Great Whernside summit, Apr. 2021
17-Apr-21 • Great Uncle David • flickr
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Photos
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The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.
The Top of Great Whernside
Despite the blue sky and warm day, there was still ice and snow in various places on the hill. The Yorkshire Dales National Park. England.
27-Feb-22 • Paul Austin Murphy • flickr
greatwhernside yorkshiredales 52079409521
great whernside
looking north, from the trig point, along the ridge of Great Whernside towards Blackfell Top
28-Jan-22 • Ron Layters • flickr
boulders rocks shattered winter wet gloomy greatwhernside hill yorkshiredales mutedcoloursridge blackfelltop blackdike yorkshiredalesnationalpark landscape kettlewell yorkshire england unitedkingdom slidefilmthenscanned slide transparency fujichrome velvia leicar6 leica r6 ronlayters 51848119084
Great Whernside, from Little Whernside, Apr. 2021
17-Apr-21 • Great Uncle David • flickr
greatwhernside mountains yorkshiredales england northyorkshire 51123249998
Great Whernside, Apr. 2021
17-Apr-21 • Great Uncle David • flickr
greatwhernside mountains yorkshiredales england northyorkshire 51122770102
Blackfell Crags, Great Whernside, Apr. 2021
17-Apr-21 • Great Uncle David • flickr
greatwhernside mountains yorkshiredales england northyorkshire 51123077604
Great Whernside summit, Apr. 2021
17-Apr-21 • Great Uncle David • flickr
greatwhernside mountains yorkshiredales england northyorkshire 51123070504
Great Whernside, Apr. 2021
17-Apr-21 • Great Uncle David • flickr
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Cotton Grass
Cotton Grass on the lower slopes of Great Whernside with Buckden Pike in the background.
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Great Whernside
The trig point at the summit of Great Whernside near Kettlewell. In the distance can be seen Pen-y-ghent and Plover Hill (10.2 miles away) and Ingleborough (16.2 miles away), as the crow flies.
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Great Whernside
A panorama taken from the gritstone-topped summit of Great Whernside across the limestone landscape of Wharfedale on a beautifully clear morning.
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Great Whernside: The Summit
23-Apr-10 • johnabutler2 • flickr
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Great Whernside: The Summit
23-Apr-10 • johnabutler2 • flickr
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Great Whernside: The Summit
23-Apr-10 • johnabutler2 • flickr
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Videos
Day 1 of a new project...we aim to spend the year bagging the Dales 30, 30 mountains in the Yorkshire Dales national park that ...
A beautiful walk up Great Whernside and onto little Whernside.
Have a look at the highest house in Yorkshire and the highest Chapel in England. Hag Dyke on the slopes of Great Whernside ...
Our walk up Great Whernside from the village of Kettlewell in the Yorkshire Dales.
Walking from Buckden to Kettlewell via the summits of Buckden Pike (702m) and Great Whernside (704m). A beautiful day up on ...
Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.