British Waterfalls

Catrigg Force

Catrigg Force is an absolutely spectacular waterfall that drops into a deep, rocky gorge on the Stainforth Beck. The waterfall itself has two drops, the first of which falls into a small basin carved into the rock and half-hidden from below. The main drop falls from the basin to a shallow limestone pool with overhanging trees far above and fern-clad rocks below.

Summerhill Force

Summerhill Force is a waterfall found in a wooded glade near Bowness in Upper Teesdale.

Mill Gill Force

Mill Gill Force is an especially scenic waterfall in a rocky gorge above the small town of Askrigg in Yorkshire. Best viewed from the stream bed if the water level allows and the rocks aren’t too slippy.

Whitfield Gill Force

A nice waterfall over an eroded cliff with a small pool beneath.

Sgwd Yr Eira

An excellent waterfall that is located in a steep rocky ravine accessible via a lot of steps. The waterfall has the added bonus of a path going behind the water, although visitors are warned of the danger of falling rocks and are advised ‘not to linger’.

Lockin Garth Force

Lockin Garth Force is a nice little waterfall into a small pool, just off the road down into Deepdale.

Hell Gill Force

A large waterfall over a deep and round basin below the Wild Boar Fell.

Hollybush Spout

An often poweful spout of water round a sharp and rocky bend in the River Twiss.

Sgwd Isaf Clun Gwyn

The upper section of the spectacular Sgwd Isaf Clun Gwyn Waterfall, is difficult to access to get closer to the falls, as the eroded footpath is closed. There is a proper path above the falls but views are restricted.

Sgwd Y Pannwr

A wide and rocky waterfall in a wooded ravine just off the main walking trail. Good water after rain and spectacular colours in autumn.

Hardraw Force

Hardraw Force is England’s largest single drop waterfall and is said to be a one hundred foot drop.

Tilberthwaite Gill

Tilberthwaite Gill is a rocky stream running down a gorge that is very steep in places and contains a number of waterfalls.

Pull Beck

Pull Beck at Pull Scar is an interesting area, very difficult to ascend the beck is in a steep ravine but there is supposedly a large waterfall hidden from view at the top.

Dungeon Ghyll

From the southern face of Harrison Stickle in Great Langdale the impressive 40 foot Dungeon Ghyll waterfall flows.

Yordas Cave Waterfall

Even when the waterfall is fairly low on water you will get wet if you enter here.

Yarrow Reservoir Overflow Cascade

White Coppice Mill Pond Waterfall

An artificial waterfall built as the outflow of an old mill pond at White Coppice.

Thornton Force

A large waterfall with an impressive drop over cliffs.

Smithills Hall Park Waterfall

A small ornamental waterfall on the Raveden Brook, constructed as part of the former parkland of Smithills Hall.

Tigers Clough Waterfall

A picturesque waterfall in a shady ravine in Tigers Clough.

Rydal Falls

Lead Mines Clough Waterfall

The lower waterfall one encounters when walking up the Lead Mines Clough is located in the Limestone Brook, on a geological fault that is easy to spot to the left of the main footpath.

Jepsons Clough Waterfalls

A small but often good looking waterfall near Rivington.

Janet's Foss

Janet’s Foss is a small but picturesque waterfall in a woodland area close to Malham.

Hebblethwaite Hall Gill

Hebblethwaite Hall Gill is remarkable for a series of small waterfalls by the ruins of an old mill. Situated at the bottom of a small ravine the ruins are of stone-built buildings with a few sections of wall still upstanding.

Gordale Scar Upper Waterfall

A giant waterfall issuing from a rock arch into Gordale Scar.

Gaping Gill

Gaping Gill, one of the most impressive natural wonders in the UK, is a vast cave system located on the slopes of Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dales.

Cow Dub Waterfall

Cow Dub is a really interesting little waterfall, as the Easegill flows through almost organic shapes carved into the limestone and over the drop into a clear-water, stone bowl.

Clapdale Waterfalls

A group of waterfalls where the Clapham Beck leaves The Lake at Clapham in Clapdale.

The Blue Lagoon Waterfall

An artificial waterfall that once served as an inflow for Ward’s Reservoir

Barrow Bridge Waterfall

A tiny, post-industrial weir on the Dean Brook at Barrow Bridge with interesting bedrock below.

Aira Force

A popular tourist attraction, Aira Force is a great waterfall. The Aira Beck descends various falls and deep rocky troughs before reaching the main fall, Aira Force.

Hatch Brook Waterfall

The Hatch Brook Waterfall is a small waterfall that is easy on the eye when there’s enough water coming down.

Ibbeth Peril

Ibbeth Peril, ‘The Witches Pool’, waterfall and cave along the River Dee near Cowgill

Norman Hill Reservoir Spillway

A spectacular reservoir spillway in the form of an artificial waterfall

Abbeystead Weir

A spectacular reservoir outflow and weir below Abbeystead Reservoir in Lancashire.

Roach Bridge Weir

A typical industrial revolution weir, easily visible from the road.

Spring Wood Waterfall

A small artificial waterfall in an old quarry at Spring Wood.

Fairy Glen Waterfall

The larger of a few small waterfalls at Fairy Glen in Lancashire

Th'Owd Mill I'Thrutch Waterfall

A small but lovely waterfall at Healey Dell

Fairies Chapel

A small waterfall in a rocky ravine at Healey Dell where legend tells of a ‘fairies chapel’ revealed after a landslide.

Upper Roddlesworth Reservoir Outflow Waterfall

A large artificial cascade built as the outflow for the upper reservoir at Roddlesworth.

River Roddlesworth Upper Waterfall

A great little waterfall on the River Roddlesworth in Lancashire a little way off the beaten track.

Mill Lane House Waterfall

A tiny waterfall on the River Roddlesworth.

Halliwell Fold Waterfall

A double-drop occaisional waterfall in Roddlesworth Woods.

Crooked Edge Waterfall

A narrow waterfall above the confluence of Crooked Edge Brook and the River Douglas.

Hoghton Bottoms Weir

A fantastic old weir on the River Darwen now a scenic waterfall.

Cauldron Force

A stunning little waterfall in a rock ‘cauldron’ on the Walden Beck in North Yorkshire.

Slape Wath Waterfall

A tiny waterfall on the Whitfield Beck.

High Force - Aysgarth

A shallow but wide waterfall on the River Ure at Aysgarth.

Middle Force - Aysgarth

The middle of three waterfalls on the River Ure at Aysgarth, shallow but wide.

Lower Force - Aysgarth

The downstream waterfall of the three Aysgarth Falls.

Gordale Scar Lower Waterfall

The lower waterfall at Gordale Scar is the barrier for people who turn back down the path from the scar, and those who climb and continue on.

Skipton Castle Weir

A weir in the form of an ornamental waterfall in the grounds of Skipton Castle.

Fairy Glen Waterfall Wigan

A small, ornamental waterfall now overgrown, ruinous and often dry.

Burrs Country Park Waterfalls

A number of old weirs from the former industrial mills of the area.

Yellow Brook Lower Waterfall

A tiny artificial waterfall on the Yellow Brook below the Aspull Sough.

Yellow Brook Aspull Sough Waterfall

A small artificial cascade made to aerate water discharging from the Aspull Sough into Yellow Brook.

Birkacre Weir

An early 19th Century stone weir on the River Yarrow with modern but sympathetic fish pass added recently.

Raveden Clough Waterfall

A small and often disappointing waterfall on the Raveden Brook.

Croshaw Wood Waterfall

A decent little waterfall after rain in a steep ravine on a small tributary of the Douglas.

Cadshaw Brook Waterfall

A couple of small waterfalls over quarried-out geological fault on the Cadshaw Brook.

Dan Yr Ogof Waterfalls

Underground waterfalls in the Dan Yr Ogof showcaves.

Worden Park Waterfall

A tiny weir on Shaw Brook at below the Worden Folly.

Great Douk Cave Waterfall

A small but great-looking waterfall issuing from the entrance to Great Douk Cave.

Panniers Pool Waterfall

A small rocky waterfall below the Pannier’s Pool Bridge.

Three Shires Head Waterfall

A small waterfall on the confluence of a small brook with the River Dane at Three Shires Head.

Bold Venture Waterfall

An ornamental waterfall in Bold Venture Park that can look great on the right day.

Sunnyhurst Waterfalls

Small ornamental waterfalls on the Sunnyhurst Brook in Sunnyhurst Wood.

River Yarrow Water Chute

An impressive little rocky water chute, up behind the Meeting of the Waters and difficult to reach.

Skelwith Force

A small waterfall in a rocky section of the river Brathay before it enters Windermere.

Upper Rivington Reservoir Yarrow Outflow

An artificial cascade creating an outflow from Upper Rivington Reservoir into the River Yarrow.

Cautley Spout

A giant waterfall on the Cautley Holme Beck as it plunges down Cautley Crag.

Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall

A series of lovely little waterfalls down the stream in Greenwood Lee Clough as it enters Hebden Water.

Levens Force

A waterfall over wide but shallow shelf across the River Kent.

Force Jumb

A small waterfall in a very narrow rock gorge on the River Kent at Kentmere.

Eagley Brook Weirs

Some old industrial weirs and waterfalls on the Eagley Brook.

Rhaeadr Dyserth

Styhead Gill Waterfalls

There are a number of small waterfalls on the Styhead Gill before it reaches the big one.

Taylorgill Force

A massive and impressive waterfall just before the Styhead Gill flows into the River Derwent.

White Coppice Waterfalls

A series of artificially modified waterfalls over a quarried ravine on Dean Black Brook above White Coppice.

Langshaw Ford Weir

A picturesque weir beside the site of an old pack horse ford on the Dean Brook above Barrow Bridge.

Victoria Lake Spillway

An ornamental spillway from Victoria Lake, an old mill lodge. Described as ‘waterfalls’ on the early OS maps.

Raveden Plantation Waterfall

A small waterfall on the Raveden Brook where an old weir once dammed the river.

Greenbooth Waterfall

A small waterfall in a rocky gorge beside an old waterwheel pit at Greenbooth Reservoir.

Grange Waterfall

A small waterfall at Grange Water on the Dean Black Brook below Anglezarke Moor.

Old Brooks Waterfall

A nice little waterfall over a geological fault on the Limestone Brook.

Roscow Clough Waterfall

A small waterfall over a geological fault on a sharp bend in a tributary of the Dean Brook.

Oughtonhead Waterfall

A small weir on the River Oughton.

White Scar Waterfall

A small waterfall in White Scar Cave, visible on the tour through a low, rock arch.

Ingleton Waterfalls Trail

A managed hiking trail with spectacular waterfalls along the River Twiss and over the next valley the River Doe.

Pecca Falls

A huge waterfall, partly obscured at the back of a deep, rock gorge on the River Twiss.

Pecca Twin Falls

A couple of small but charming waterfalls above the main Pecca Falls on the River Twiss.

Beezley Falls

A waterfall behind an elongated, rocky pool on the River Doe.

Triple Spout

Triple Spout is a small watefall where the river Doe splits and flows into three separate channels in the rock.

Snow Falls

A large but difficult to view waterfall on the River Doe, often obscured by foliage.

Rival Falls

Two similar waterfalls in succession on the River Twiss, with interesting smaller falls and rapids below.

Clough Plantation Waterfall

A small waterfall into a little pool on the Limestone Brook at Lead Mines Clough.

Holts Flat Waterfall

A couple of small cascades below an old mine drain on the Limestone Brook.

Sheep Pen Waterfall

A tiny cascade beside an old ‘sheep pen’ on the Limestone Brook at Lead Mines Clough.

Lead Mines Clough Top Waterfall

A decent waterfall after rain, below the bridge at the top of Lead Mines Clough on the Limestone Brook.

Basin Ghyll

A difficult to view but often impressive waterfall over a step in the River Kent beside Force Lane.

Cotter Force

A small waterfall on the Cotterdale Beck above the River Ure.

Aysgill Force

An impressive, 12 metre high waterfall on the Gayle Beck below Hawes.

Dalcairnie Linn

The popular falls at Dalcairney near Doon Bridge on the Dalcairnie Burn to the west of the town of Bellbank.

Redisher Wood Waterfall

A series of small waterfalls on a tributary of Holcombe Brook.

Park Brook Waterfall

A waterfall with a decent drop on a small stream adjacent to Park Brook at Ramsbottom.

Dean Wood Spa Waterfall

A small waterfall into a shallow pool on the Dean Brook. Ruinous with many river rocks and fallen branches.

Jericho Weir

A small industrial weir on the River Exe at Lyme Regis.

Baitings Dam

Baitings Dam is at the edge of Baitings Reservoir and features and impressive outflow cascade.

Falls of Moness

The Falls of Moness are a captivating cascade located close to the town of Aberfeldy in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

Lumb Falls

Lumb Falls, a picturesque waterfall located near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, is a hidden gem in the scenic landscape of the South Pennines.

High Shores Waterfall

A difficult to reach and often disappointing waterfall over quite a sizeable drop in the High Shores ravine.

Rishton Paper Mills Weir

An old industrial weir associated with the Rishton Paper Mills.