Hardraw Force
England's tallest unbroken single-drop waterfall, at about 30 metres, hidden in a quiet ravine behind a country pub.
Hardraw Force plunges about 30 metres from a limestone lip and is often called the highest unbroken waterfall above ground in England, framed by a semicircular ravine of rock walls. The falls are on private land, and the entrance is beside the Green Dragon Inn. A small admission fee (about £5) applies, and a five-minute walk along a streamside path brings you to it. The waterfall featured in the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and the painter J. M. W. Turner also painted it. It lies about 2.5 km from Hawes and can be reached on foot along the Pennine Way.
Opening hours
~10:00–16:00
Nearby sights
- Hawes & Dales Countryside Museum
- Wensleydale Creamery
- Buttertubs Pass
- Muker & Swaledale Meadows
- Kisdon Force
- Pen-y-ghent
- Ribblehead Viaduct
- Aysgarth Falls