Scenic drive
Buttertubs Pass
Hawes, Yorkshire
A high Dales road between Hawes and Swaledale with deep limestone potholes.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 30 min
The B6270 over Buttertubs links Wensleydale and Swaledale, with open moor on both sides. At the top are the Buttertubs, fluted limestone shafts you can peer into from a safe fence. Cyclists have raced here and views are enormous.
Good to know
- Pull in at the Buttertubs lay-by
- Watch for cyclists and sheep
- Narrow road; take care in winter
- Best time
- Clear day
- Open
- All year (may close in snow)
- Getting there
- B6270, steep in places
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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