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Swaledale
- Depth
- 360 m
- Rim
- 553 m
- Length
- 36.8 km
- Tonight
- 2°CPartly cloudy · Wind 33 km/h W
Swaledale is up to 360 m deep: the rim reaches 553 m and the floor 104 m, along 36.8 km.
All facts
- Floor
- 104 m
Swaledale 3D map
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Swaledale topographic map
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.
Swaledale elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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Depth of Swaledale
Up to 360 m deep (typically 244 m) along the 36.8 km in view.
Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.
Swaledale weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 2°C (36°F) · Wind 33 km/h W
Swaledale forecast for about 553 m.
- Tonight2°–33 km/h W
- Today3°8°20.4 mm49 km/h W
- Sun4°7°1.8 mm55 km/h W
- Mon5°12°6.2 mm37 km/h SW
- Tue5°11°7.1 mm42 km/h SW
- Wed8°9°2.0 mm30 km/h SW
- Thu7°9°0.1 mm13 km/h S
- Fri7°8°2.6 mm17 km/h SE
- Sat3°7°10.2 mm21 km/h SE
- Sun3°5°0.4 mm26 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 near Swaledale
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Swaledale, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.6 km ESE
Nearest campsite
Cow Close Camping And Caravan
Nearest caravan site
5.6 km SSE
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.6 km ESE |
| Parking | 0.8 km E |
| Parking | 1.9 km NNE |
| Cow Close Camping And CaravanCampsite | 4.6 km SSE |
| Caravan site | 5.6 km SSE |
Slope
Share of the 31.4 × 31.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 93% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.3% of the 986 km² view
- Relief in view
- 588 m low point 85 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 15.7 km of Swaledale.
Summit list 4
- 1Robin Cross Hill428 m 6.4 km SE
- 2Whit Fell411 m 8.6 km SE
- 3Seat How311 m 11 km E
- 4Barden Fell315 m 13 km ESE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 15.7 km; 1,358 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Early Purple Orchid62
- Crosswort62
- Dog's Mercury59
- Red campion53
- Carpet bugle51
- Common Spotted Orchid49
Where Swaledale sits
- Region
- England120United Kingdom371Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Yorkshire Dales National Park8
Nearby places
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 2025-09-22)
- 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)