Sharp Haw

Infobox Mountain
Name = Sharp Haw
Photo = Sharp_Haw.jpg
Caption = Sharp Haw from near the summit of the public bridleway from Flasby towards Skipton.
Elevation = 357 m (1171 ft)
Location = Yorkshire Dales, England
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Prominence = 168 m
Parent peak = Thorpe Fell Top
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OS "Landranger" 103
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Grid_ref_UK = SD959552
Listing = Marilyn
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Sharp Haw is a hill on the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, located just within the National Park. Being the last outpost of the hills before the broad Aire valley, and with a sharp summit from many angles, it is prominent and easily recognisable from much of the area to the south.

From the summit there are views over the Aire valley, to Gargrave, Skipton and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, to the east into Wharfedale and to the north into Malhamdale.

Although Ordnance Survey maps do not show a path to the summit, there is a path from the public bridleway to the north: both are clear on the ground, and popular with cyclists.

The word "Haw" comes from the Old English "hawian", and means view.

References

*Cite map | publisher = Ordnance Survey | title = Blackburn & Burnley | series = Landranger Map | scale = 1 : 50,000 | edition = C2 | year = 2006 | isbn = 0-319228-29-0
*cite book | last=Clark Hall | first=John R. | year=1916 | title=A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary | url=http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/germanic/oe_clarkhall_about.html | publisher=University Press | edition=2nd Edition
*cite book | last=Dawson | first=Alan | year=1992 | title=The Relative Hills of Britain | url=http://bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/marilyns/ | publisher=Cicerone Press | location=Milnthorpe, Cumbria | id=ISBN 1-85284-068-4