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The Top 20 Waterfalls in the Pennines Mountains

However you get there, waterfalls are breathtaking places, and you have 20

beautiful waterfalls to choose from in the Pennines Mountains. So you can better figure out which one to visit on your next trip outdoors, see photos and tips of each waterfall below — and easily plan your next adventure!

Last updated: November 13, 2025

Janet's Foss

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Janet's Foss is a beautiful waterfall nestled among trees on the footpath from Malham Village to Gordale Scar. You can splash around in the waterfall and its plunge pool, making …

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Aira Force

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Aira Force is probably Lakeland's most famous waterfall. It is a spectacular sight, as it thunders down a ravine in one, great 65-foot (19.8 m) leap.

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Gordale Scar Waterfall

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Gordale Scar is one of the most dramatic sights in the Yorkshire Dales. The narrow canyon is dominated on either side by sheer walls of rock, hundreds of feet high, …

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Aira Beck Waterfalls

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Aira Beck is most famous for its 66-foot (20 m) waterfall, Aira Force. It's a sight that has been popular since Victorian times and is surrounded by a landscaped park …

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Aysgarth Lower Falls

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It’s not too often that you can place yourself in an English Romantic painting. But when you stand here, admiring the crashing white waters of Aysgarth Lower Falls, you’re right …

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Stock Ghyll Force

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A walk up,Dale How will bring you to the lower end viewing point

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High Force Waterfall, Gowbarrow Fell

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This is not as big a drop as Aira Force but I do prefer this one over it. With a short dash over some rocks and tree roots, you can …

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Hull Pot

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Hull Pot, on the western side of Pen-y-Ghent, is a collapsed cavern, and an impressive hole measuring 91m (300ft) long by 18m (60ft) deep.

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Thornton Force waterfall

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Dropping 46 feet (14 m) over a limestone cliff, Thornton Force will take your breath away when it comes into view. Interestingly, there are several layers to the rock behind …

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Easedale Valley Waterfall

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Easedale is a beautiful valley to the northwest of Grasmere village. It's surrounded by many characterful little fells and ridges that slowly gain height towards the greater masses of High …

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Skelwith Force

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Skelwith Force is one of the smaller waterfalls in the Lake District but is still impressive. You can walk up a boardwalk to a viewpoint on large rocks.

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Happy to travel a little further afield? Then browse these guides for the best waterfalls in the Pennines Mountains:

Lake District South Lakeland Eden Allerdale Copeland

The Top 20 Waterfalls in the Pennines Mountains

Janet's Foss

Aira Force

Gordale Scar Waterfall

Aira Beck Waterfalls

Aysgarth Lower Falls

Stock Ghyll Force

High Force Waterfall, Gowbarrow Fell

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