Cautley Spout is generally thought to be England's highest waterfall above ground. The broken cascade of falls tumbles 580 feet (175 m) down a cliff face at the head of a wild and bleak glacial valley that descends from a high plateau called The Calf. It is found in the Howgill Fells, traditionally in the West Riding of Yorkshire but now in Cumbria on the western edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The waterfall lies just north of the small town of Sedbergh and is one of the few cascade falls in England, most being tiered or plunge falls.
Famou visitors include the cricketer Alfred Kelly, who described the scene: "A picture could not portray this beauty, even if the picture was indeed perfect, for this perfection can only be seen firsthand".
