WaterfallHidden gem
Janet's Foss
Malham, Yorkshire
A small waterfall into a deep pool in a mossy wooded dell, with a wild swimming spot.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 45 min
Janet's Foss is an easy half-mile walk from Malham through woodland. The fall drops into a deep pool that was once used for sheep-dipping and is now a popular swimming spot. According to legend a fairy queen lives behind the fall.
Good to know
- Easy walk; flat
- Swim only in warm weather
- Link to Gordale Scar by footpath
- Best time
- Summer
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Village car park, flat path
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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