Pennines

The Pennines, also known as the Pennine Chain or Pennine Hills, are an upland range mainly located in Northern England. Sometimes described as the "backbone of England" because of its length and position, the range runs from and in the north of the Midlands to in .
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  • Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 886 feet
  • Description: mountain range in Northern England
  • Also known as: “Pennine Chain”, “Pennine Mountains”, “The Pennine Highland”, and “The Pennines”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cross Fell and Great Dun Fell.

Peak
Photo: Carl Bendelow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the highest mountain in the Pennines of Northern England and the highest point in England outside the . It is located in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Peak
Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
At a height of 848 metres, is the second-highest mountain in 's Pennines, lying two miles south along the watershed from , its higher neighbour.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkland and Milburn.

Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the district of the English county of . It is in the historic county of Cumberland. There is a fell called Fell.

Village
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and civil parish in the district of , England. It is located on the northern side of the , about 9 miles east of .

Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the civil parish of , in the district, in the ceremonial county of , England. The village is situated at the foot of the Pennines.

Pennines

Latitude
54.70414° or 54° 42′ 15″ north
Longitude
-2.48218° or 2° 28′ 56″ west
Elevation
886 feet (270 metres)
Open location code
9C6VPG39+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9855603518
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
2640439
Wiki­data ID
Q35647
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Satellite Map

Discover Pennines from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Pennines” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بينينز”
  • Armenian: “Պենինյան լեռներ”
  • Armenian: “Փենինյան լեռներ”
  • Asturian: “Peninos”
  • Basque: “Peninoak”
  • Belarusian: “Пенінскія горы”
  • Belarusian: “Пэнінскія горы”
  • Breton: “Peninoù”
  • Breton: “Penninoù”
  • Bulgarian: “Пенински планини”
  • Catalan: “Penins”
  • Cebuano: “Pennine Chain”
  • Chinese: “奔宁山脉”
  • Chinese: “本寧山”
  • Chinese: “本寧山脈”
  • Cornish: “Pennines”
  • Croatian: “Peninsko gorje”
  • Czech: “Penniny”
  • Danish: “Penninerne”
  • Dutch: “Penninisch Gebergte”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بينينز”
  • Esperanto: “Peninoj”
  • Estonian: “Penniinid”
  • Finnish: “Penniinit”
  • Finnish: “Pennines”
  • French: “Pennines”
  • Galician: “Peninos”
  • Georgian: “პენინის მთები”
  • German: “Penninen”
  • German: “Pennines”
  • Greek: “Πέννινα Όρη”
  • Hebrew: “הרי הפניין”
  • Hungarian: “Pennine-hegység”
  • Icelandic: “Pennínafjöll”
  • Icelandic: “Pennines”
  • Indonesian: “Pennines”
  • Irish: “Pennines”
  • Irish: “Sléibhte Pennine”
  • Italian: “Dunoting”
  • Italian: “Monti Pennini”
  • Italian: “Pennines settentrionale”
  • Italian: “Pennines”
  • Italian: “Pennini”
  • Italian: “Regno del Pennines”
  • Japanese: “ペナイン山脈”
  • Japanese: “ペニン山脈”
  • Kirghiz: “Пеннин тоолору”
  • Korean: “페나인산맥”
  • Ladin: “Pennines”
  • Latvian: “Penini”
  • Lithuanian: “Peninai”
  • Lithuanian: “Peninų kalnai”
  • Macedonian: “Пенини”
  • Macedonian: “Пенински Планини”
  • Mingrelian: “პენინიშ გვალეფი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peninnene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Penninene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pennines”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Penninane”
  • Norwegian: “Penninene”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pennines”
  • Persian: “پناینز”
  • Persian: “پنین”
  • Polish: “Góry Pennińskie”
  • Portuguese: “Montes Peninos”
  • Portuguese: “Peninos”
  • Portuguese: “Pennines”
  • Romanian: “Munți Penini”
  • Romanian: “Penini”
  • Russian: “Пеннинские горы”
  • Scots: “Pennines”
  • Serbian: “Пенинске планине”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pennines”
  • Slovak: “Penninské vrchy”
  • Slovenian: “Penini”
  • Slovenian: “Peninsko gorovje”
  • Slovenian: “Pennines”
  • Slovenian: “Pennini”
  • Slovenian: “Penninsko gorovje”
  • Spanish: “Cadena Penina”
  • Spanish: “Peninos”
  • Spanish: “Pennine”
  • Spanish: “Pennines”
  • Swedish: “Pennine Chain”
  • Swedish: “Penninerna”
  • Swedish: “Penninska bergen”
  • Swedish: “Penninska kedjan”
  • Tamil: “பெனைன்சு மலைத்தொடர்”
  • Thai: “เพนไนนส์”
  • Turkish: “Pennine Dağları”
  • Ukrainian: “Пеннінські гори”
  • Venetian: “Monti Pennini”
  • Vietnamese: “Pennines”
  • Welsh: “Pennines”
  • Welsh: “Penwynion”
  • Welsh: “Y Penwynion”
  • Western Frisian: “Penninen”
  • Western Frisian: “Penninysk berchtme”
  • Western Frisian: “Penninysk Berchtme”
  • Western Panjabi: “پینائینز”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Stonyband Hill and Yad Stone.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cross Fell Well and Black Dub.

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