The Top 8 Gorges around Stainmore
Gorges are incredibly beautiful places, and you’ve got 8
to choose from around Stainmore. Just browse our list of the best gorges below and see photos, tips and extra info to help you visit one of these beautiful places on your next adventure around Stainmore.
to choose from around Stainmore. Just browse our list of the best gorges below and see photos, tips and extra info to help you visit one of these beautiful places on your next adventure around Stainmore.
Last updated: November 16, 2025
High Cup Nick
Highlight • Gorge
High Cup Nick is the best example of a glaciated u-shaped valley in Northern England. Situated high on the western flanks of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, …
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Cauldron Snout Waterfall
Highlight • Natural Monument
Cauldron Snout is a rocky ravine below Cow Green Reservoir that the infant River Tees descends through spectacularly. The falls, which nestle within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural …
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Swinner Gill Lead Mining Remains
Highlight • Viewpoint
An unbelievably dramatic spot both naturally and historically! Amidst the glorious hills of East Stonedale and Ivelet Moor, where a few becks meet and crash down under the stone bridge, …
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Lunedale Valley
Highlight • Natural
Similar in character to the neighbouring Baldersdale, Lunedale is a gorgeous valley in the Pennines AONB. Upper Lunedale hosts two reservoirs, Selsett and Grassholme, which are a delight to walk …
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View of Whitsundale Beck Gorge from How Edge Scar
Highlight • Gorge
Absolutely extraordinary views to be had from just under How Edge Scar - of this Whitsundale Beck gorge. The extensive views (Swaledale, Whitsun Dale, Mallerstand... you name it) from high above here are incredible, too. An unmissable one, this!
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