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Vale of Pickering

Floor16 m52 ft
Depth
157 m
Rim
176 m
Length
24.6 km
Tonight
5°CPartly cloudy · Wind 30 km/h W

Vale of Pickering is up to 157 m deep: the rim reaches 176 m and the floor 16 m, along 24.6 km.

All facts
Floor
16 m
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Depth

Depth of Vale of Pickering

Up to 157 m deep (typically 45 m) along the 24.6 km in view.

0100200157 mrimfloor01024.6 km

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

3D map

Vale of Pickering 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 18 × 18 km

Surface
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Topographic map

Vale of Pickering terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Vale of Pickering elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Vale of Pickering weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · Wind 30 km/h W

Vale of Pickering forecast for about 176 m.

  • Tonight5°–30 km/h W
  • Today4°10°9.3 mm44 km/h SW
  • Sun7°11°–45 km/h W
  • Mon7°8°4.7 mm28 km/h SW
  • Tue9°15°1.0 mm35 km/h S
  • Wed8°13°1.4 mm26 km/h SW
  • Thu7°11°0.1 mm8 km/h SW
  • Fri9°11°0.3 mm17 km/h SE
  • Sat8°10°18.8 mm19 km/h SE
  • Sun4°8°3.4 mm19 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 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Vale of Pickering

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

  • Nearest caravan site

    High Grundon Farm

    2.2 km NW · +2 more within 5.4 km

  • Nearest campsite

    Midsummer Camping

    2.3 km WNW · +2 more within 3.4 km

  • Nearest parking

    Scampston Hall Car Park

    3.6 km SSE · +2 more within 4.1 km

All mapped places 9
PlaceDistance
High Grundon FarmCaravan site2.2 km NW
Midsummer CampingCampsite2.3 km WNW
Chester Villa CampingCampsite2.7 km NW
Parking3.3 km W
Deerholme FarmCampsite3.4 km W
Overbrook Caravan ParkCaravan site3.4 km NNW
Scampston Hall Car ParkParking3.6 km SSE
Parking4.1 km NNW
Black Bull Caravan ParkCaravan site5.4 km WNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 18 × 18 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 98% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
97.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
2.4%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 324 km² view
Relief in view
198 m low point 13 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Cropland 63.9%Grassland 24.6%Trees 10.1%Built-up 1.4%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 9.0 km; 697 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • European Common Frog40
  • European Toad24
  • Red Admiral23
  • Eurasian Blackbird22
  • Smooth Newt22
  • Mallard18
Where it sits

Where Vale of Pickering sits

Region
England120United Kingdom371Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Vale of Pickering 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 2025-09-22)
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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · Wikipedia