List of waterfalls of the United Kingdom

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Waterfall

A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...

s found in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

, Scotland

Scotland

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Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

), and includes a list of the highest waterfalls.

Highest waterfalls in the UK

The list of highest waterfalls is often controversial, due to the ambiguity of whether to measure the single largest fall or the sum of a series of falls, and many falls make false claims to the record.
This table measures waterfalls by tallest single drop.

*Waterfall*	*Location*		*Height* (metre Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology... s)
1	Eas a' Chual Aluinn Eas a' Chual Aluinn Eas a' Chual Aluinn in the parish of Assynt, Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, is Britain's highest waterfall with a sheer drop of 658 ft . When in full flow it is over three times higher than Niagara Falls....	Scotland	200
2	Steall waterfall Steall Waterfall The spectacular waterfall known variously as An Steall Bàn, Steall Waterfall or Steall Falls is situated in Glen Nevis near Fort William, Highland, Scotland. It is Britain's second highest waterfall with a single drop of 120 metres...	Scotland	120
3	Falls of Glomach Falls of Glomach The Falls of Glomach, in Ross-shire, Scotland, is one of the highest waterfalls in Britain, at 113 m .The falls border Kintail, donated to the National Trust for Scotland in 1944 and subsequently incorporating West Affric in 1993. It is not easily reached on foot, requiring an 8 kilometre trek...	Scotland	113
4	Devil's Appendix Devil's Appendix (waterfall) The Devil's Appendix is the tallest single-drop waterfall in Wales and one of the tallest in the United Kingdom. It is a plunge style waterfall located on the Clogwyn y Geifr cliffs beside the Devil's Kitchen in Cwm Idwal, Snowdonia, Wales....	Wales	93
5	Pistyll y Llyn Pistyll y Llyn Pistyll y Llyn is one of the tallest waterfalls in Wales and the United Kingdom. It is a horsetail style set of falls which are located in the Cambrian Mountains about 4 km from Glaspwll in Powys, Wales....	Wales	91
6	Pistyll Rhaeadr Pistyll Rhaeadr Pistyll Rhaeadr is a waterfall, located a few miles from the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant in Powys, Wales, twelve miles west of Oswestry.- Description :...	Wales	80
7	Cautley Spout Cautley Spout Cautley Spout is England's highest waterfall above ground. . The broken cascade of falls tumbles a total of 650 feet down a cliff face at the head of a wild and bleak glacial valley that comes down from a high plateau called The Calf...	England	76
=8	Falls of Foyers Falls of Foyers The Fall of Foyers is a waterfall on the River Foyers, which feeds Loch Ness, in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom....	Scotland	62
=8	Falls of Clyde	Scotland	62
=10	Falls of Bruar Falls of Bruar The Falls of Bruar are a series of waterfalls on the Bruar Water in Scotland, about 8 miles from Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross. They have been a tourist attraction since the 18th century and were immortalized in a poem by Robert Burns, The Humble Petition of Bruar Water to the Noble Duke of Atholl,...	Scotland	60
=10	Cauldron Snout Cauldron Snout Cauldron Snout is a waterfall on the upper reaches of the River Tees in Northern England, immediately below the dam of the Cow Green Reservoir. It is well upstream of the High Force waterfall, and is on the boundary between County Durham and Cumbria, England...	England	60

England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

Aira Force
Aira Force
Aira Force is a waterfall in the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. The word force is used in many parts of northern England as a synonym for waterfall it comes from the Old Norse language old Norse word fors....
Aysgarth Falls
Aysgarth Falls
Aysgarth Falls are a triple flight of waterfalls, surrounded by forest and farmland, carved out by the River Ure over an almost a one-mile stretch on its descent to mid-Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales of England, near the village of Aysgarth...
Baxenghyll Gorge
Canonteign Falls
Canonteign Falls
Canonteign Falls is a waterfall in the Teign Valley and Dartmoor National Park near Chudleigh, South Devon, England.It is high, and is one of England's highest waterfalls. It was created in 1890 by diverting a stream over the edge of a cliff.-References:...
Catrake Force
Catrake Force
Catrake Force is a waterfall on the river Swale in North Yorkshire, England. It is not visible from the road but only a short walk to reach it. It comprises a series of 4 steps each its own small waterfall and each with a very different character with the largest single drop being about .It lies on...
Cotter Force
Cotter Force
Cotter Force is a small waterfall on Cotter Beck, a minor tributary of the river Ure in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England.-The Falls and Cotter Beck:...
East Gill Force
East Gill Force
East Gill Force is a waterfalls in Swaledale, 300 metres to the east of the hamlet of Keld, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England. The falls are located on East Gill at grid reference , just before its confluence with the River Swale at the point where the Pennine Way and...
Esk Falls
Falling Foss
Falling Foss
Falling Foss is a waterfall that lies in the north east section of The North York Moors National Park. It is five miles from Whitby, and is situated on the Little Beck. It is 67 ft high....
Gaping Gill
Gaping Gill
Gaping Gill is a natural cave in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the unmistakable landmarks on the southern slopes of Ingleborough – a deep pothole with the stream Fell Beck flowing into it...
Golitha Falls
Gordale Scar
Gordale Scar
Gordale Scar is a dramatic limestone ravine 1 mile or 1.5 km NE of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It contains two waterfalls and has overhanging limestone cliffs over 100 metres high. The gorge was formed by water from melting glaciers...
Hardraw Force
Hardraw Force
Hardraw Force is a waterfall on the Hardraw Beck in Hardraw Scar, a wooded ravine just outside the hamlet of Hardraw at the foot of Buttertubs Pass and the head of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales...
High Force
High Force
High Force is a waterfall on the River Tees, near Middleton-in-Teesdale, Teesdale, County Durham, England. The waterfall is within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and European Geopark....
Janet's Foss
Janet's Foss
Janet's Foss is a small waterfall in the vicinity of the village of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It carries Gordale Beck over a limestone outcrop topped by tufa into a deep pool below...
Kinder Downfall
Kisdon Force
Kisdon Force
Kisdon Force is a series of waterfalls on the River Swale in Swaledale, England. The falls are situated at grid reference within the Yorkshire Dales National Park in the county of North Yorkshire, 500 metres downstream from the small hamlet of Keld....
Lady Exmouth Falls
Low Force
Low Force
Low Force is a 5.5m high set of falls in the Tees Valley, England. Further upstream is the High Force waterfall. Low Force is also the site of the Wynch Bridge, completed in 1830. It is suggested that only one person at a time should cross the bridge as it may be unstable.Low Force is within the...
Malyan Spout
Moss Force
Moss Force
Moss Force is a waterfall situated within the Lake District National Park in the English county of Cumbria. It is located 10 km SW of the town of Keswick at Newlands Hause, the pass between the Newlands Valley and the Buttermere Valley...
Pecca Falls
Richmond Falls
Richmond Falls
Richmond Falls are a series of waterfalls along the River Swale, they are situated at grid reference near to the town centre of Richmond, North Yorkshire....
Rival Falls
Rutter Force
Scale Force
Scale Force
Scale Force is considered the highest waterfall in the English Lake District. Opinions can vary about how its precise height is calculated, but the total height is normally stated as 170 feet , with a single drop of water of 120 feet and several smaller drops...
Stanley Force
Taylorgill Force
Thornton Force
Ingleton Waterfalls Trail
Ingleton Waterfalls Trail is a well-known circular trail beginning and ending in the village of Ingleton in the English county of North Yorkshire, now maintained by the Ingleton Scenery Company...
Wain Wath Force
Wain Wath Force
Wain Wath Force is a waterfall situated on the River Swale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England. The falls are located at grid reference , one kilometre upstream from the hamlet of Keld which has three other waterfalls in its vicinity, namely Kisdon Force, East Gill Force...
Stock Ghyll Force

Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

Eas a' Chual Aluinn
Eas a' Chual Aluinn
Eas a' Chual Aluinn in the parish of Assynt, Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, is Britain's highest waterfall with a sheer drop of 658 ft . When in full flow it is over three times higher than Niagara Falls....
Eas an Fhir Mhoir
Eas an Fhir Mhoir
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, River Etive
Eas Bàn (on tributary of Machrie Water, Arran
Isle of Arran
Arran or the Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, and with an area of is the seventh largest Scottish island. It is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire and the 2001 census had a resident population of 5,058...

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Eas Coire nan Choire
Eas Coire nan Choire
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, Kinlochhourn
Eas Mòr
Eas Mor, Arran
Eas Mor, Arran is a waterfall on the island of Arran, Scotland. It is located on the Allt Mor north of Auchenhew Bridge near the village of Kildonan.The name is from Gaelic and means "big waterfall".-References:...

(Auchenhew, Arran
Isle of Arran
Arran or the Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, and with an area of is the seventh largest Scottish island. It is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire and the 2001 census had a resident population of 5,058...

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Easan Laogh
Easan Laogh
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, tributary of River Creran
Falls of Bruar
Falls of Bruar
The Falls of Bruar are a series of waterfalls on the Bruar Water in Scotland, about 8 miles from Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross. They have been a tourist attraction since the 18th century and were immortalized in a poem by Robert Burns, The Humble Petition of Bruar Water to the Noble Duke of Atholl,...
Falls of Dochart
Falls of Dochart
The Falls of Dochart are situated on the River Dochart at Killin in Stirling , Scotland at the western end of Loch Tay. A bridge crosses over the river just as you enter Killin giving a fabulous view of the falls as they cascade down over the rocks and around the island of Inchbuie, which is the...
Falls of Foyers
Falls of Foyers
The Fall of Foyers is a waterfall on the River Foyers, which feeds Loch Ness, in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom....
Glenashdale Falls (a.k.a. Eas a' Chranaig, Whiting Bay
Whiting Bay
Whiting Bay is a village located on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The name Whiting Bay is thought to originate from "Viking" Bay. It is approximately 3 miles south of the village of Lamlash. Whiting Bay is the third largest village on the island and was once the site of...

, Arran
Isle of Arran
Arran or the Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, and with an area of is the seventh largest Scottish island. It is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire and the 2001 census had a resident population of 5,058...

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Grey Mare's Tail
Grey Mare's Tail
Grey Mare's Tail is a hanging valley waterfall near to Moffat in southern Scotland. The fall is produced by the Tail Burn flowing from Loch Skeen cascading into the Moffat Water in the lower valley below....

, Moffat
Grey Mare's Tail
Grey Mare's Tail, Kinlochmore
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, Kinlochmore
Linn of Avon
Linn of Avon
-References:...

, Cairngorm Mountains
Linn of Dee, Inverey
Linn of Quoich
Linn of Quoich
-References:...

, Braemar
Braemar
Braemar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. It is the closest significantly-sized settlement to the upper course of the River Dee sitting at an altitude of ....
Rogie Falls
Rogie Falls
Rogie Falls are a series of waterfalls on the Black Water, a river in Ross-shire in the Highlands of Scotland. The falls about 2 km north-west of the village of Contin, next to the A835 road. They are a popular tourist attraction, with several forest walks.-References:...
Spout of Garnock
Spout of Garnock
Ayrshire's highest waterfall , The Spout of Garnock or Garnock Spout , tumbles noisily over a rocky and a somewhat steep downward slope, forming a wild and lonely furious rush of water which is particularly impressive when in spate. It is not the source of the River Garnock, as is sometimes said,...
Steall Waterfall
Steall Waterfall
The spectacular waterfall known variously as An Steall Bàn, Steall Waterfall or Steall Falls is situated in Glen Nevis near Fort William, Highland, Scotland. It is Britain's second highest waterfall with a single drop of 120 metres...

Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

Aber Falls
Aber Falls
Aber Falls is a waterfall located about two miles south of the village of Abergwyngregyn, Gwynedd, Wales....

, Abergwyngregyn
Cenarth Falls
Cenarth Falls
The Cenarth Falls is a cascade of waterfalls just upstream of the road bridge in the village of Cenarth in Ceredigion, bordering Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, Wales....

, River Teifi
River Teifi
The River Teifi forms the boundary between the counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire in south-west Wales for most of its 75 mile length, flowing into the sea below the town of Cardigan. The catchment of the river is estimated to be 1,008 square kilometres yielding an average flow at Glan...
Conwy Falls
Conwy Falls
Conwy Falls is a waterfall on the River Conwy at Bro Garmon in Conwy County Borough in Wales. The falls and surrounding area are a Site of Special Scientific Interest...
Dolgoch Falls
Dolgoch Falls
Dolgoch Falls are a series of three waterfalls near Tywyn in Gwynedd, Mid-Wales. The falls are part of the Nant Dol-gôch stream, which flows into the River Fathew, and form a popular walk from the nearby Dolgoch station on the Talyllyn Railway....
Dyserth Falls
Ffrwd Fawr
Ffrwd Fawr Waterfall
- Location :The River Twymyn flows from the 130 feet high Ffrwd Fawr Waterfall at the head of the Pennant Valley at Dylife Gorge near Dylife.- External links :**...

, Powys
Powys
Powys is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.-Geography:Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire , and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area.It is...
Pwll-y-Gerwyn
The Grey Mare's Tail
Grey Mare's Tail, Llanrwst
The Grey Mare's Tail is a waterfall on the very edge of the Snowdonia National Park near Gwydir Castle in the county of Conwy, north Wales. It lies just off the B5106 road between the town of Llanrwst and the large village of Trefriw. The origins of the name are unknown, other than being...
Henrhyd Waterfall
Sgwd Henrhyd
Sgwd Henrhyd in Powys, Wales, is the tallest waterfall in South Wales with a drop of . It lies on National Trust land on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park....
Horseshoe Falls
Horseshoe Falls, Wales
The Horseshoe Falls is an artificially created waterfall on the River Dee near Llantysilio Hall in Denbighshire, Wales, approximately west of the town of Llangollen....
Llech Sychryd, tributary of Afon Cynon
Machno falls, Afon Machno
Melincourt Falls
Melincourt Falls
Melincourt Falls is a spectacular high waterfall on Melin Court Brook, a left-bank tributary of the Neath River, located south of Resolven in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, south Wales. It is formed where the brook plunges over a resistant band of 'Lower Pennant Sandstone' in a 13 acre...
Mynach Falls
Mynach Falls
Mynach Falls is a waterfall near Aberystwyth in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.It occurs where the River Mynach drops in 5 steps down a steep and narrow ravine before it meets the River Rheidol....

, Afon Mynach
Afon Mynach
The Afon Mynach is a small river in Ceredigion, Wales.Its source is at the meeting of two smaller rivers, the Nant Rhuddnant and the Afon Merin...
Pistyll Cain, Afon Gain
Pistyll Du, tributary of Afon Gain
Pistyll Gwyn, Afon Crawcwellt
Pistyll Gwyn, Afon Pumryd, River Dovey
Pistyll Henfynachlog, Afon Eiddon, Afon Wnion
Pistyll y Llyn
Pistyll y Llyn
Pistyll y Llyn is one of the tallest waterfalls in Wales and the United Kingdom. It is a horsetail style set of falls which are located in the Cambrian Mountains about 4 km from Glaspwll in Powys, Wales....

, Llyfnant
Pistyll Rhaeadr
Pistyll Rhaeadr
Pistyll Rhaeadr is a waterfall, located a few miles from the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant in Powys, Wales, twelve miles west of Oswestry.- Description :...
Pistyll Rhyd-y-meinciau, Afon Eiddew
Pwll y Crochan, Sychryd
Sychryd
Sychryd or Afon Sychryd Starts just below Graig y Llyn and is know localy as the Nant Gwrangon it flows past the village of Rhigos and through Cwm Wyrfa on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park and Fforest Fawr Geopark in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in south Wales...
Rhaeadr-bach, Aber
Rhaeadr Cynfal, Afon Cynfal
Rhaeadr y Cwm, Afon Cynfal
Rhaeadr Du, Afon Prysor
Rhaeadr Du, Afon Gamlan
Rhaeadr Mawddach, Afon Mawddach
Rhaeadr Ogwen, Afon Ogwen
Sgwd Clun-gwyn
Sgwd Ddwli Isaf
Sgwd Ddwli Uchaf
Sgwd Isaf Clun-gwyn
Sgwd Einion Gam
Sgwd Gwladus
Sgwd y Bedol
Sgwd yr Eira
Sgwd y Pannwr
Swallow Falls
Swallow Falls
Swallow Falls is a name coined by early tourists for the Rhaeadr Ewynnol, , a multiple waterfall system in Wales, located on the Afon Llugwy near Betws-y-Coed, in Conwy county borough. It is visited by tens of thousands of tourists annually....

, Afon Llugwy

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

Ess na Larach, Glenariff Forest Park
Glenariff Forest Park
Glenariff Forest Park is an 1185 hectare forest in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is part of Glenariff glen itself. The forest is managed by the Northern Ireland Forest Service, the state body responsible for forestry in the province, which is part of the Department of Agriculture and Rural...
Ess na Crub, Inver River, Glenariff Forest Park
Glenariff Forest Park
Glenariff Forest Park is an 1185 hectare forest in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is part of Glenariff glen itself. The forest is managed by the Northern Ireland Forest Service, the state body responsible for forestry in the province, which is part of the Department of Agriculture and Rural...

Highest waterfalls in the UK

WalesWalesWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

Northern IrelandNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

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Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...