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 Derbyshire and Staffordshire in the north of the Midlands to Northumberland in North East England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 886 feet
- Description: mountain range in Northern England
- Also known as: “Pennine Mountains”, “The Pennine Highland”, and “The Pennines”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cross Fell and Great Dun Fell.
Cross Fell
Peak
Photo: Carl Bendelow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cross Fell is the highest mountain in the Pennines of Northern England and the highest point in England outside the Lake District. It is located in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Great Dun Fell
Peak
Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
At a height of 848 metres, Great Dun Fell is the second-highest mountain in England's Pennines, lying two miles south along the watershed from Cross Fell, its higher neighbour.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkland and Milburn.
Kirkland
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkland is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district of the English county of Cumbria. It is in the historic county of Cumberland. There is a fell called Kirkland Fell.
Milburn
Village
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milburn is a small village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is located on the northern side of the Eden Valley, about 9 miles east of Penrith.
Blencarn
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blencarn is a small village located in Westmorland and Furness in Cumbria, England. The village is situated at the foot of the Pennines. It has a small village hall that used to be a school. In Blencarn there is fly fishing at the 15-acre Blencarn lake.
Pennines
- Category: landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.70414° or 54° 42′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.48218° or 2° 28′ 56″ westElevation
886 feet (270 metres)Open location code
9C6VPG39+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 9855603518OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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Satellite Map
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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: “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”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cross Fell Well and Black Dub.
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