Kilnsey, Wharfedale & surrounding areas

Kilnsey is well known for its Crag, a massive limestone outcrop scoured out by the Wharfedale glacier during the Ice Age. The Crag itself is almost 170 feet high at its summit, with an overhang of 40 feet at the top. Springs gush from its rock face to form a clear beck which runs alongside the road on its way to join the Wharfe.

Mastiles Lane from Kilnsey is an historic drovers road, much used by the monks from Fountains Abbey between the 12th and 16th centuries when Kilnsey was the centre of their million acre Wharfedale estate.

The century-old Kilnsey Show is one of the largest agricultural shows, and it features a fell race up the Crag and back.