Whernside is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales and is one of the Three Peaks, the other two being Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent. It is the highest point in modern-day Yorkshire, though the summit lies in the border with Cumbria. Mickle Fell was historically regarded as the highest point in Yorkshire, but that mountain lies in the 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, runni… (More on Whernside)