Gordale Scar

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Entrance to the Gordale Scar
Same view from James Ward

Gordale Scar is a limestone gorge near the British town of Malham , North Yorkshire .

Special features of the gorge are the two waterfalls and the overhanging limestone walls that reach a height of 100 meters. The steep walls are used by climbers and a difficult to walk hiking path leads directly past the waterfalls.

The gorge is a relic of the Ice Age and is traversed by the Gordale Beck creek, which flows three kilometers downstream with the Malham Beck to form the Aire . In the immediate vicinity of the village of Gordale is the Janet's Foss , a small waterfall with mythological significance.

Representation in art

The British poet William Wordsworth wrote a sonnet about the gorge and the waterfall. The painter James Ward painted a picture that hangs in the Tate Gallery . This painting was important in the development of British landscape painting.

Picture gallery

  • Way to Gordale Scar

  • View from the lower waterfall

  • Upper waterfall

  • Both waterfalls

Web links

Commons : Gordale Scar  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 54 ° 4 ′ 19 ″  N , 2 ° 7 ′ 51 ″  W.