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Whaw is the last community near the head of Arkengarthdale.
©Gordon Hatton
Dist:0.2km north<br/>The highest village in Arkengarthdale. Note the spoil heaps behind the village, a relic of the lead mining industry which was the mainstay of the economy of the valley in the 19th century. For an account of the history of the valley, see http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Arkengarthdale/index.html and for a description of the scenery, see http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/index/learning/landscape_character/dales_character_areas/swaledale_and_arkengarthdale_character_areas/arkengarthdale_-_key_characteristics.htm
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Small farming community in upper Arkengarthdale.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.2km north<br/>The small settlement of Whaw lies in the quiet valley of Arkengathdale, a major tributary of Swaledale. It's seen here from the valley road over a hay meadow rich in buttercups and with the deeper yellow of marsh marigold at the edge of the shadow of the stream groove.
©Trevor Littlewood
Dist:0.4km north<br/>
©David Brown
Dist:0.5km north<br/>As the heavy shower passed, there were still rainbows to be had, and a bit of manoeuvring got the pot of gold for this one to land on Wood House, one of a cluster of farms connected with Whaw in Arkengarthdale. Behind it, a patchwork of improved pasture and bracken-infested fields rises to Kitley Hill.
©Andy Waddington
Dist:0.5km east<br/>
©David Brown
Dist:0.6km north<br/>We had been dodging showers all afternoon wandering about upper Arkengarthdale, but as we left, the sun came out, and with it this particularly intense rainbow with its pot of gold somewhere on the valley floor between Faggergill and Whaw.
©Andy Waddington
Dist:0.7km south<br/>Typical Arkengarthdale scenery - dry stone walling with undulating fields.
©Andy Beecroft
Dist:0.7km south<br/>On the south side of the valley, near Whaw. Whaw Moor behind.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.7km south<br/>Moor Intake is the name of the farm in the foreground and an accurate description of the farm type. It stands on the edge of rough moorland, but is surrounded by 11 improved fields 'taken in' from the moor. It is likely that the farm belonged to a miner who also farmed the land to ensure a steady income.
©Gordon Hatton
Dist:0.7km west<br/>Dales field barn or laithe, stone built and sturdy, with hayloft above and cow stalls below.
©Gordon Hatton
Dist:0.7km north<br/>Across the moors to Hoove. Track runs up to High Faggergill.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.7km west<br/>Typical YDNP style single wooden beam footbridge over Arkle Beck just below its confluence with Punchard Beck.
©Gordon Hatton
Dist:0.8km west<br/>Punchard Beck, just a few metres before it joins Arkle Beck. Grid position taken from the 1:25000 map which is more reliable here.
©Gordon Hatton

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