Kit Hill
Kit Hill, at 334 metres high, dominates the area between Callington and the River Tamar in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. The word 'Kit' comes from Old English for kite, a reference to birds of prey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stephen Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,096 feet
- Description: hill and country park in Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Kit Hill Country Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Callington Community College and St Mary’s Church, Callington.
Callington Community College
School
Callington Community College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, in Callington Cornwall. The school was established between 1911 and 1914 on Launceston Road as a council building, with parts of that building still in use.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kelly Bray and Old Mill.
Kelly Bray
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kelly Bray is a village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile north of Callington, immediately west of Kit Hill in a former mining area.
Luckett
Hamlet
Photo: Kevin Hale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Luckett is a hamlet in east Cornwall, England. It is situated in a former mining area beside the River Tamar approximately three miles north of Callington.
Kit Hill
- Categories: country park, historic site, and landform
- Location: Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.51923° or 50° 31′ 9″ northLongitude
-4.29389° or 4° 17′ 38″ westElevation
1,096 feet (334 metres)Open location code
9C2QGP94+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1025328847OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
2645175Wikidata ID
Q6417437
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Satellite Map
Discover Kit Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kit Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kit Hill”
- Dutch: “Kit Hill Country Park”
- Dutch: “Kit Hill”
- Swedish: “Kit Hill”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Downgate and Callington.
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Highlights include Mineshaft and Hut Circle.
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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 “Kit Hill”. Photo: Stephen Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.