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Wensleydale

Floor97 m318 ft

Depth: 365 m
Rim: 524 m
Length: 33.1 km
Tonight: 2°CFair · Wind 33 km/h W

Wensleydale is up to 365 m deep: the rim reaches 524 m and the floor 97 m, along 33.1 km.

All facts

Floor: 97 m

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3D map

Wensleydale 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Wensleydale topographic map

25 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 125 mShowing west → east through the centre

Wensleydale elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Print & wall

JPGWensleydale satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-09-22.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Depth

Depth of Wensleydale

Up to 365 m deep (typically 278 m) along the 33.1 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

Weather

Wensleydale weather

Tonight · Fair · 2°C (36°F) · Wind 33 km/h W

Wensleydale forecast for about 524 m.

Tonight2°–33 km/h W
Today3°8°24.2 mm49 km/h W
Sun5°7°2.2 mm52 km/h W
Mon5°12°6.8 mm35 km/h SW
Tue5°11°9.8 mm40 km/h SW
Wed8°9°3.5 mm28 km/h SW
Thu7°9°0.2 mm12 km/h S
Fri7°8°2.5 mm17 km/h SE
Sat3°8°9.7 mm20 km/h SE
Sun3°5°0.3 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

Camping & parking near Wensleydale

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

Nearest caravan site
Hawes Caravan Club Site
1.4 km W · +1 more within 2.9 km
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Nearest parking
1.7 km W
+2 more within 2.0 km
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Nearest campsite
OLD HALL COTTAGE CAMPSITE
2.9 km WNW · +2 more within 3.2 km
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All mapped places 8

Place	Distance
Hawes Caravan Club SiteCaravan site	1.4 km W
Parking	1.7 km W
Parking	1.8 km W
Parking	2.0 km W
OLD HALL COTTAGE CAMPSITECampsite	2.9 km WNW
Campsite	2.9 km WNW
Honeycott Caravan ParkCaravan site	2.9 km W
Shaw Ghyll caravan and campingCampsite	3.2 km NW

Slope

Share of the 31.8 × 31.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

88.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

10.7%

Steep, 30–45°

0.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.4% of the 1,011 km² view
Relief in view: 622 m low point 92 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 92.2%Trees 5.8%Cropland 1.2%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 15.9 km of Wensleydale.

Summit list 5

1Whitfield Fell515 m 8.0 km WNW
2Yorburgh514 m 11 km W
3Drumaldrace614 m 13 km W
4Lovely Seat675 m 14 km WNW
5Ten End584 m 16 km W

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 15.9 km; 1,374 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Early Purple Orchid67
Crosswort65
Common Spotted Orchid60
Carpet bugle58
Dog's Mercury58
Water Avens55

Where it sits

Where Wensleydale sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Garsdale25 km W

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)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Wensleydale

West → east through the centre

Nearest caravan site

Nearest parking

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