We visited Aysgarth Falls in the summer of 2018 while on holiday in the UK from Thailand. We'd rented a small house in Swaledale for a few nights and spent the days exploring the Yorkshire Dales. Aysgarth is on the River Ure in Wensleydale. To get there from Swaledale is a drive over the hill, either over Buttertubs pass via Hawes or over Cross Top which leads to Askrigg. Both are great roads to drive or cycle!
We parked at the official car park/visitors center - cannot remember the parking fee, I think about 4 pounds. From there paths lead along the river Ure with views of different sections of the falls. There are no big drops here, but a series of falls along about a 1km stretch of river. It's another of these places I want to visit again - when there is more water! The summer of 2018 was very hot and dry. Compare this to Hardraw Force waterfall which we visited in August 2019 after higher than average rainfall.
But anyway - it's pretty at Aysgarth!
One advantage of the lower water levels - we could walk along sections of the river bed which might otherwise be underwater. The river bed is covered in potholes caused by small stones or debris caught in eddies eroding the stone river bed.
More information, opening hours etc. - look on the Yorkshire Dales National Park website.
We parked at the official car park/visitors center - cannot remember the parking fee, I think about 4 pounds. From there paths lead along the river Ure with views of different sections of the falls. There are no big drops here, but a series of falls along about a 1km stretch of river. It's another of these places I want to visit again - when there is more water! The summer of 2018 was very hot and dry. Compare this to Hardraw Force waterfall which we visited in August 2019 after higher than average rainfall.
But anyway - it's pretty at Aysgarth!
One advantage of the lower water levels - we could walk along sections of the river bed which might otherwise be underwater. The river bed is covered in potholes caused by small stones or debris caught in eddies eroding the stone river bed.
More information, opening hours etc. - look on the Yorkshire Dales National Park website.
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