River Lune
The River Lune is a river in County Durham, England. The Lune rises close to Lune Head Farm at the confluence of Lune Head Beck and Cleve Beck. Lune Head Beck itself is formed by the meeting of Connypot Beck and Goal Sike, flowing eastward from Cumbria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Cumbria and County Durham, UK
- Also known as: “River Lune, Durham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Laithkirk Church and Church of St Mary.
Kirkcarrion
Archaeological site
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Kirkcarrion is a copse of pine trees, surrounded by a stone wall, on a hilltop near Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England. The trees, which were planted in Victorian times, cover a tumulus which is reputed to be the burial place of a Bronze Age chieftain, Prince Caryn, who ruled before the days of the Romans. Kirkcarrion is situated 1½ miles west of River Lune.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mickleton and Laithkirk.
Mickleton
Village
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Mickleton is a village and civil parish in Teesdale, County Durham, England, situated 8.5 miles north west of Barnard Castle. Lying within the historic boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the village along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District has been administered with County Durham since 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972…
Laithkirk
Hamlet
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Laithkirk is a small hamlet of three houses and a small church in County Durham, in England. All of the houses in Laithkirk are accessed by an unnamed road which connects the B6277 and the B6276.
Bowbank
Hamlet
Bowbank is a hamlet in Lunedale, a side valley of Teesdale in County Durham, England. It is within Lunedale civil parish and is situated on the B6276 road, 1 mile south of Middleton-in-Teesdale and 8 miles north west of the town of Barnard Castle.
River Lune
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“River Lune” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “River Lune”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر لون”
- German: “Lune”
- German: “River Lune”
- Japanese: “ルーン川”
- Swedish: “River Lune”
- Welsh: “Afon Lune”
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Highlights include The Teesdale Hotel and Millstone Grits.
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