Cautley Spout

Cautley Spout
Interactive map of Cautley Spout
LocationCumbria, England
Coordinates54°22′21″N 2°29′30″W / 54.37250°N 2.49167°W / 54.37250; -2.49167
Total height175 m (574 ft)
WatercourseTributary of the River Rawthey

Cautley Spout is England's highest (cascade) waterfall above ground.[1][2] (Gaping Gill on Ingleborough falls a greater unbroken distance into a pothole, and Hardraw Force has a greater unbroken fall above ground). The broken cascade of falls tumbles a total of 650 feet (198 m)[1] down a cliff face at the head of a wild and bleak glacial valley that comes down from a high plateau called The Calf. It is located in the Howgill Fells, traditionally in the West Riding of Yorkshire but now in the ceremonial county of Cumbria on the western edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The waterfall is just north of Sedbergh. The National Trust owns a historic temperance inn, the Cross Keys, which is located close by.[3]

This fall is one of the few cascade falls in England; most are either tiered or plunge falls.

The upper section of Cautley Spout

References

  1. 1 2 "Cautley Spout". English Lakes. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "Britain's best waterfalls". The Telegraph article. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  3. ↑ The Cross Keys Temperance Inn, The Cross Keys, accessed on 26 June 2026


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