Buttertubs Pass

The Buttertubs Pass is a high road in the Yorkshire Dales, England.

The road winds its way north from Simonstone near Hawes towards Thwaite and Muker past 20-metre-deep (66 ft) limestone potholes called the Buttertubs.

During hot weather they would lower the butter they had produced into the potholes to keep it cool.

This road has also been used many times in the BBC's Top Gear series for test driving cars.

The Buttertubs Pass is mentioned in the 1971 folk-rock song "The Gipsy", by Mr.