Muker & Swaledale Meadows
Muker
A village of stone houses in upper Swaledale, where surrounding hay meadows and scattered stone barns create the Dales' most classic rural scene.
Muker is a small village in upper Swaledale that preserves traditional hay meadows. From June to July, buttercups, geraniums and other wildflowers fill the grass, and in fields divided by stone walls, more than a hundred stone barns dot the landscape, making it a postcard-perfect view of the Yorkshire Dales. Paths of stepping stones cross the meadows, and visitors should walk single file on the flagstones so as not to trample the grass. A walk from the village along the River Swale to Kisdon Force and on to Keld is about 5 km one way. The village has tearooms, woollen goods shops and the Farmers Arms pub. From Hawes it is about a 25-minute drive via the Buttertubs Pass.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Kisdon Force
- Buttertubs Pass
- Hardraw Force
- Hawes & Dales Countryside Museum
- Wensleydale Creamery
- Aysgarth Falls
- Bolton Castle
- Pen-y-ghent