Buttertubs Pass

Road seen from the summit to the north

The Buttertubs

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 limestone potholes called the Buttertubs. It is said that the name of the potholes came from the times when farmers would rest there on their way to market. During hot weather they would lower the butter they had produced into the potholes to keep it cool.

The road is locally noted as a challenging cycle climb, and featured as the second of three King of the Mountains climbs in Stage One of the 2014 Tour de France ^[1]

Jeremy Clarkson featured the road in the "Motoring and the New Romantics" episode of the British series Clarkson's Car Years. This road has also been used many times in the BBC's Top Gear (2002 TV series) series for test driving cars.

References

External links

• Buttertubs Information Page

Coordinates: 54°21′37″N 2°11′46″W / 54.36020°N 2.19610°W / 54.36020; -2.19610