Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Scaur Head, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Scaur Head map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Place | Scaur Head |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.290272 |
| Longitude | -2.207971 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Scaur Head commands the rugged limestone heights where the earth seems to exhale a perpetual, cool dampness against the sky. It lies 13.1 miles east of Sedbergh (from Sedbergh: bearing 100°T, OS grid SD 865 883), and is situated south-south-west of Gayle village. The terrain here belongs to the sweeping, protected expanse of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, where the horizon remains wide and indifferent to the passing of human centuries. Below the slopes, the restless waters of Duerley Beck carve through the rock with a persistent, liquid music that defines the local quietude. Scaur Head watches over these heights, its stone walls mirroring the grey, fractured outcrops that define the surrounding ridges. Just a stone’s throw away, the plummeting energy of Aysgill Force transforms the silence into a rhythmic, rushing pulse of white water. The land possesses a stark, unadorned integrity, offering little shelter from the winds that scour the hillsides but granting an expansive clarity to the soul. Here, the geography dictates a life of measured resilience, bound to the ancient, weathered character of the northern Pennine landscape.
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Explore Scaur Head, North Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.290272, -2.207971. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |