Kilnsey Crag - where the Wharfedale glacier rubbed shoulders with the fells

The overhang of Kilnsey Crag, located between Grassingotn and Kettlewell in the beautiful valley of Upper Wharfedale is huge. It presented a great chalenge for rock climbers and these days is probably free climbed, except for the section directly under the 'roof' of the overhang.

Its shape is one of the most well known in the area, and is somewhat forbidding in appearance, particularly when approached by road from the south.

It overwhelms the little village of Kilnsey with its village pub which featured in the film, 'Calender Girls' with Julie Walters and Helen Mirren.

Glacial activity was responsible for many features of the landscape of these upper dales, where the lines are more angular and precipitous than they tend to be downstream as they join the Ouse as it flows gently to the North Sea.