Whernside is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales and is one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, the other two being Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent. It is the highest point in modern-day Yorkshire, though the summit lies on the county border with Cumbria.

Mickle Fell was historically regarded as the highest point in Yorkshire, but that mountain lies in the former Teesdale district and was therefore transferred within the boundaries of County Durham under the Local Government Act 1972.

In shape Whernside forms a long ridge, running roughly north–south.
There is a Right of Way footpath running from the east at Ribblehead that heads north via Smithy Hill, Grain Ings before turning west to Knoutberry Haw and then south to Whernside itself. From the summit the ROW heads initially south then steeply southwest down a stepped path to the small village of Bruntscar. If climbed as part of the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge (which is normally done anti-clockwise) Whernside will be climbed following the route from up Ribblehead to descend to Bruntscar.

Location: Whernside

Photographer: D B Flynn