page_title: Nidderdale AONB
section_title: Nidderdale
hierarchical_section_title: Nidderdale AONB / Geography / Nidderdale
caption_attribution_description: English: near Pateley Bridge
context_page_description: The Nidderdale AONB is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North Yorkshire, England, bordering the Yorkshire Dales National Park to the east and south. It comprises most of Nidderdale itself, part of lower Wharfedale, the Washburn valley and part of lower Wensleydale, including Jervaulx Abbey and the side valleys west of the River Ure. It covers a total area of 233 square miles. The highest point in the Nidderdale AONB is Great Whernside, 704 metres above sea level, on the border with the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
  The only town in the AONB is Pateley Bridge in Nidderdale. Otley and Ilkley lie just to the south of the AONB, and Masham and Ripon are just to the east.
context_section_description: The AONB includes all of Nidderdale except a small area in the lower dale around Hampsthwaite.  In the lower dale, below Pateley Bridge, attractions include Brimham Rocks and the Coldstones Cut.  In the less populated upper dale there are a series of reservoirs, Gouthwaite Reservoir (a nature reserve), Scar House Reservoir and at the very top of the dale Angram Reservoir, dominated by Great Whernside and Little Whernside.
caption: Countryside near Pateley Bridge
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