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Padley Gorge

Floor100 m328 ft
Depth
245 m
Rim
375 m
Length
23.7 km
Tonight
5°CPartly cloudy · Wind 28 km/h W

Padley Gorge is up to 245 m deep: the rim reaches 375 m and the floor 100 m, along 23.7 km.

All facts
Floor
100 m
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Depth

Depth of Padley Gorge

Up to 245 m deep (typically 200 m) along the 23.7 km in view.

100200300400245 mrimfloor01023.7 km

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Padley Gorge 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 18.1 × 18.1 km

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Topographic map

Padley Gorge terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Padley Gorge elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Padley Gorge weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · Wind 28 km/h W

Padley Gorge forecast for about 375 m.

  • Tonight5°–28 km/h W
  • Today5°10°20.9 mm43 km/h W
  • Sun5°8°6.6 mm49 km/h W
  • Mon5°14°7.3 mm37 km/h SW
  • Tue8°13°2.6 mm37 km/h SW
  • Wed7°11°1.2 mm24 km/h SW
  • Thu8°9°0.3 mm12 km/h SE
  • Fri8°9°6.5 mm13 km/h SE
  • Sat5°9°12.7 mm19 km/h W
  • Sun4°8°–25 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Padley Gorge

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Padley Gorge, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    0.2 km SSW

    +2 more within 1.2 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    R O Downes Hut

    1.6 km S · +1 more within 3.9 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    2.2 km SW

    +1 more within 4.6 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    North Lees Campsite

    4.7 km NNW · +1 more within 5.9 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
Parking0.2 km SSW
Parking1.2 km SSE
Parking1.2 km SE
R O Downes HutHut1.6 km S
Caravan site2.2 km SW
Carlswark Cottage: Climbing/Caving HutHut3.9 km SSW
Broughton Caravan ParkCaravan site4.6 km S
North Lees CampsiteCampsite4.7 km NNW
Swallowholme Camping and Caravaning ParkCampsite5.9 km NW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 18.1 × 18.1 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 89% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
89.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
10.3%
Steep, 30–45°
0.7%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.7% of the 328 km² view
Relief in view
370 m low point 100 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 72.5%Trees 23.0%Built-up 2.4%Cropland 1.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 9.1 km of Padley Gorge.

NESW5 km10 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Sir William Hill429 m 2.2 km NW
  2. 2Smelting Hill350 m 4.8 km NNW
  3. 3Over Owler Tor380 m 4.8 km NNE
  4. 4Winyards Nick381 m 5.3 km NNE
  5. 5Carl Wark370 m 5.9 km NNE
  6. 6Higger Tor424 m 6.2 km NNE
  7. 7White Path Moss457 m 7.0 km NNE
  8. 8Ox Stones421 m 8.4 km NE
  9. 9Rud Hill420 m 8.9 km NNE
Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 9.1 km; 2,669 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • European Robin412
  • Eurasian Blackbird265
  • Mallard248
  • Eurasian Blue Tit229
  • Common Chaffinch209
  • Meadow Brown200
Where it sits

Where Padley Gorge sits

Range
Pennines6
Region
United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Pennines 5
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Downloads

Padley Gorge downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-06-19)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia