Great Whernside
Located in Kettlewell with Starbotton, Craven District Coordinates: 54°09′40″ N 1°59′54″ W
- Elevation
- 704 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- LBA Leeds Bradford Airport40 km
- MME Teesside International Airport54 km
About Great Whernside
Great Whernside is a mountain. Location: Kettlewell with Starbotton, Craven District. Elevation: 704 m.
Great Whernside is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England, not to be confused with Whernside, some 17 miles (27 km) to the west. Its summit is the highest point of the eastern flank of Wharfedale above Kettlewell. Great Whernside forms the watershed between Wharfedale and Nidderdale, and is on the boundary between the Yorkshire Dales National Park and Nidderdale National Landscape. The River Nidd rises on the eastern slopes of Great Whernside, above Angram Reservoir.
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Climate of Great Whernside
This month · November
A wet month
Day 5° · Night 0° · Rain 154 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 16°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -2°)
- Wettest month
- December (159 mm)
- Driest month
- May (88 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 3° | 3° | 5° | 7° | 11° | 14° | 16° | 16° | 13° | 9° | 5° | 3° |
| Average low (°C) | -2° | -2° | -1° | 0° | 3° | 6° | 8° | 8° | 6° | 3° | 0° | -1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 155 | 111 | 123 | 92 | 88 | 94 | 99 | 121 | 127 | 146 | 154 | 159 |
How to get to Great Whernside
The nearest airport is Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), 40 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Burnley, 43 km to the south.
Airports
- Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) Leeds, West Yorkshire 40 kmsoutheast
- Teesside International Airport (MME) Darlington, Durham 54 kmnortheast
- Manchester Airport (MAN) Manchester, Greater Manchester 92 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Burnley Population: 149.4K 43 kmsouth
- Bradford Population: 366.2K 44 kmsouth
- Leeds Population: 536.3K 50 kmsoutheast
- Blackburn Population: 146.5K 56 kmsouthwest
- Huddersfield Population: 149K 59 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Great Whernside
Within 100 km: 783 historic and cultural sites, 1,854 natural sites, 301 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km150 places
- Great Britain Island 18 kmS
- The Island Island 24 kmE
- Batt Island Island 17 kmN
- Lud Stream Islands Island 20 kmS
25–60 km794 places
- Bird Island Island 33 kmSW
- The Island Island 36 kmE
- The Island Island 52 kmE
- Michell's Island Island 46 kmNE
60–100 km1,994 places
- High Moor Mountain 74 kmW
- Formby Beach Beach 98 kmSW
- Ainsdale Beach Beach 93 kmSW
- St Anne's Beach Beach 82 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
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Kettlewell Village, Kettlewell with Starbotton3.6 km SW
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Starbotton Village, Kettlewell with Starbotton4.9 km W
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Conistone with Kilnsey Village, Craven District4.9 km S
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Stonebeck Up Village, Harrogate District5 km E
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Carlton Highdale Village, Richmondshire District5.8 km N
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Hawkswick Village, Hawkswick5.8 km SW
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Tor Mere Top Mountain, Carlton Highdale4.1 km NW
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Little Whernside Mountain, Carlton Highdale4.8 km NE
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Meugher Mountain, Stonebeck Down5.5 km SE
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Brown Haw Mountain, Burton-cum-Walden6 km N
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Buckden Pike Mountain, Buckden6.4 km NW
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Moss Drive Mountain, Stonebeck Down6.4 km SE
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Dead Man's Hill Mountain, Stonebeck Up7.1 km NE
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Bishopdale Natural site, England10 km N
Sources & licences
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