On our way home from the Forbidden Corner, we stopped off at Aysgarth
Falls. Aysgarth Falls are three waterfalls (Upper Falls, Middle Falls
and Lower Falls), in the Yorkshire Dales, near the village of Aysgarth,
hence the name. The upper falls can be seen from the bridge that you need
to cross to get to them; the first photo in this post is taken from the
bridge. The falls are free to access, though they do have an honesty box
– which we did add to! You can walk right out onto the limestone steps
and at some points the water from the River Ure was shallow enough for us to
almost reach the other side.
The falls are mostly surrounded by woodland; we
were going to walk into Wensleydale but Google Maps told me it was over 8 miles
away! Still, there is a nice short walk across a couple of fields full of lambs
and the bluebell-covered woodland before you get to the Middle Falls. The
Middle Falls can be seen from a viewing platform and as far as I know, you can’t
walk to them. You can, however, walk alongside the Lower Falls where I managed
to snap a blurry photo of a heron flying away.
