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Linton Falls

Linton Falls is a striking waterfall on the River Wharfe, located just a five-minute walk downhill from Grassington car park in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The falls were formed where a fault in the earth's crust shifted millions of years ago, raising the limestone rocks to the north higher than those to the south. After heavy rainfall, the water thunders beneath the footbridge with considerable force.

The site has an industrial history: nearby weirs once channelled water into a large textile mill, now demolished.

Upstream, a hydro-electric plant — originally shut down in the 1940s and left to ruin — was restored and reopened in 2012, once again generating electricity from the river's flow.

A footbridge spanning the river offers excellent views of both the falls and the pool created by the weir.


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