I thought I would write about Waterfalls which are some of the least known tourist sites in the UK. When people usually think about waterfalls they think of Africa. There are 15 waterfalls in England; 5 waterfalls in Wales; 2 in Scotland and 1 in Northern Ireland.
Cautley Spout is England’s highest waterfall above ground. (Gaping Gill on Ingleborough falls a greater distance but into a pothole). The broken cascade of falls tumbles a total of 650 feet (198 m) down a cliff face at the head of a wild and bleak glacial valley that comes down from a high plateau called The Calf. It is located in the Howgill Fells, traditionally in the West Riding of Yorkshire but now in Cumbria on the western edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The waterfall is just north of the small town of Sedbergh. This fall is one of the few cascade falls in England, most are either tired or plunging falls.
Gaping Gill (also known as Gaping Ghyll) is a natural cave with the highest unbroken waterfall with water falling 110m from the surface into an underground cavern in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the unmistakable landmarks on the southern slopes of Ingleborough – a 105 meters (344 ft) deep pothole with the stream Fell Beck flowing into it. After falling through one of the largest known underground chambers in Britain, the water disappears into the bouldery floor and eventually resurges adjacent to Ingleborough Cave.
