Pen-y-ghent
Pen-y-ghent or Penyghent is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is the lowest of Yorkshire's Three Peaks at 2,277 feet; the other two being Ingleborough and Whernside.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tim Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,277 feet
- Description: mountain in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Penyghent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Giants’ Graves and Plover Hill.
Giants’ Graves
Archaeological site
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Giants’ Graves is an archaeological site.
Plover Hill
Peak
Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plover Hill is an area of moorland lying to the north of Pen-y-ghent in the Yorkshire Dales and connected to it by an unbroken area of high ground. Whilst the whole area is now "open access land", the main right-of-way footpaths come directly from the north off Foxup Road and directly from the south from the summit of Pen-y-ghent.
Fountains Fell
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fountains Fell is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The main summit has a height of 668 metres and a relative height or topographic prominence of 243 metres and thus qualifies as a Marilyn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brackenbottom and Horton-in-Ribblesdale.
Brackenbottom
Hamlet
Brackenbottom is a hamlet in Ribblesdale, near to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is the location of the headquarters of Bradford Potholing Club who own a bunkhouse in the village.
Horton-in-Ribblesdale
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Horton-in-Ribblesdale is a village in North Yorkshire. With a population of 400 in 2021, it's set in the Yorkshire Dales beneath the "Three Peaks", and is a stopover on the Pennine Way.
Foxup
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foxup is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is near Halton Gill and Litton and is 13 miles north west of Grassington.
Pen-y-ghent
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Halton Gill, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.15601° or 54° 9′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.24876° or 2° 14′ 56″ westElevation
2,277 feet (694 metres)Open location code
9C6V5Q42+CFOpenStreetMap ID
node 312154686OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Pen-y-ghent” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pen-y-Ghent”
- Dutch: “Pen-y-ghent”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پين ى جينت”
- French: “Pen-y-ghent”
- German: “Pen-y-ghent”
- Ladin: “Pen-y-ghent”
- Persian: “پن-وای-گنت”
- Russian: “Пен-и-Гент”
- Swedish: “Pen-y-Ghent”
- Vietnamese: “Pen-y-ghent”
- Western Panjabi: “پن-ای-غینٹ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rainscar and Stot Rakes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Penyghent Pot and Shooting House.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pen-y-ghent”. Photo: Tim Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.