Brimham Rocks – a surreal natural landscape in North Yorkshire
Brimham Rocks are an amazing and unique set of rock formations in various strange shapes, covering 50 acres. A day out here is ideal for climbers and the site, owned by the National Trust, is a natural playground for children. There is a maze of paths through this stunning surreal landscape in Nidderdale, near Pateley Bridge and Harrogate, and wide views over the wild moorland. The region is part of the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
How the rock formations occurred
About 320 million years ago a huge river brought sand and grit from granite mountains in northern Scotland and Norway pounding through half of Yorkshire. Layers of this sand and grit formed the millstone grit, a form of sandstone. It is this eroded sandstone which forms Brimham Rocks. The erosion occur...