Attraction
Type
Middleton-in-Teesdale
Where
Attraction · viewpoint
Good for
Check before you go
Cost
Plan your visit
Opening times
Open access — check locally for facilities
Location
Middleton-in-Teesdale
Parent hack
Arrive at opening time in school holidays — you'll beat the queues and the car park.
High Force is a waterfall on the River Tees, near Middleton-in-Teesdale, Teesdale, England. The waterfall is within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the European Geopark. The whole of the River Tees plunges 70 feet (21 m) over a precipice in two stages. After heavy rainfall the river will also flow over the usually dry right-hand side channel, creating two falls. Very occasionally the river level will be high enough to flow over the central section of rock; the last recorded time this happened was in December 2015 after Storm Desmond. In harsh winters the falls…
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