Discover Malham Cove In The Yorkshire Dales

Malham Cove is a large curved limestone formation 0.6 miles north of the village of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It was formed by a waterfall carrying meltwater from glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age more than 12,000 years ago. Today it is a well-known beauty spot within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The waterfall is now in fact dry but occasionally, in extreme weather water can be seen cascading over it.

At the southern end of the Dales is the remarkable 80 ft limestone cliff of Malham is a highlight of the Pennine Way. Popular with climbers, this natural rock formation boasts a remarkable feature, a limestone pavement, a large area of limestone that over the millennia has eroded in lines to create a criss-cross of limestone slabs – the slabs are called Clints and the spaces between them are called Grykes. The pavement is well worth visiting but be careful of your footing.

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