nature · Yorkshire Dales, England
Healaugh Crag
A filming location from Wuthering Heights in Yorkshire Dales.
Kreuzschnabel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The scene
The gritstone ridge above Healaugh in Swaledale is where Cathy waits for Heathcliff, looking down over the film's Wuthering Heights.
How to visit
Reach it on foot from the village of Healaugh near Reeth; the moor is open and exposed, so wear boots and take a map, and go on a clear day for the long valley views.
- The stone village of Reeth is the gateway to Swaledale.
- The moor road climbs west past old lead-mining ruins.
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Good to know
- What was filmed at Healaugh Crag?
- The gritstone ridge above Healaugh in Swaledale is where Cathy waits for Heathcliff, looking down over the film's Wuthering Heights.
- Can you visit Healaugh Crag?
- Reach it on foot from the village of Healaugh near Reeth; the moor is open and exposed, so wear boots and take a map, and go on a clear day for the long valley views.
- Where is Healaugh Crag?
- Healaugh Crag is a real filming location in Yorkshire Dales.
More to film-spot in Yorkshire Dales
Old Gang Smelting Mill
The ruined lead-smelting mill on the moor below Healaugh Crag stands in for the estate's weathered, wind-scoured outbuildings.
Swaledale
The drystone-walled valley around Low Row gives the film its brooding, timeless Yorkshire, all stone barns, sheep pasture and open sky.