Almscliffe Crag

The crag lies on the boundary of the civil parishes of North Rigton and Stainburn.

The crag was formed due to the softer adjacent strata of shale and mudstone eroding at a faster rate than the hard wearing millstone.

[4] Almscliffe Crag has proved popular as a filming location for Yorkshire Television.

[5] Each series of The Beiderbecke Trilogy ends at Almscliffe Crag.

[6] Another theory links the name to the Celtic al "fire" and mias "altar".