Talk:Whernside
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[edit] Border
- though the summit lies on the border between North Yorkshire and Cumbria
Would that be the real Yorkshire border or the part of Yorkshire that became part of the Shire county of Cumbria. If it is the latter then the statement doesn't fit in well with the earlier "highest point in Yorkshire" part. Yorkshire Phoenix (talk • contribs) 15:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Yorkshire's High Point
10/07/2007
It has been the highest point within Yorkshire since the 1974 administrive boundry changes. It's easy to mistake the 1974 governmental administrative boundaries changes of Yorkshire (and of course other counties) that lost/gained a number of areas within their traditional areas, for example Middlesborough is Yorkshire despite what the administrators claim and the whole north of the Humber has (wow!!) now come back home. For a real map of Yorkshire you need to see a detailed map that shows the Yorkshire Ridings (North, East & West - there was never a South). For more information regarding the Yorkshire Ridings try this link http://www.yorkshire-ridings.org.uk/.Mac.trig 15:16, 11 July 2007 (UTC). The real 'top' of Yorkshire is Mickle Fell - Approx 10 miles NNE of Kirkby Stephen - at 788 metres. It is currently on MOD land, specifically the Warcop Estate, access is extremley limited and applications to the MOD must be made to visit the area. Somewhat unfortunatley the top doesn't have a trig point, this is sited over a mile to the east of the summit!
