High Force
High Force is a waterfall on the River Tees, near Middleton-in-Teesdale, Teesdale, England. The waterfall is within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the European Geopark.- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall on the River Tees in County Durham, England
- Also known as: “High Force krioklys”, “High Force Waterfall”, “Обшорҳои Форсе”, and “ابشار های فورس”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Low Force.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forest-in-Teesdale and Bowlees.
Bowlees
Hamlet
Bowlees is a small village in County Durham, England. Bowlees is situated 1½ miles east of High Force.
Holwick
Hamlet
Holwick is a hamlet and civil parish in Teesdale, County Durham, England. Holwick is situated 2 miles southeast of High Force.
High Force
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and body of water
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.6503° or 54° 39′ 1″ north
Longitude
-2.18765° or 2° 11′ 16″ west
Elevation
1,024 feet (312 metres)
Height
95 feet (29 metres)
Width
6.6 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
9C6VMR26+4W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Western Panjabi—“High Force” goes by many names.
- Breton: “High Force”
- Cebuano: “The High Force”
- Chinese: “高瀑布”
- Czech: “High Force”
- Dutch: “High Force”
- French: “High Force”
- German: “High Force”
- Irish: “High Force”
- Japanese: “ハイフォース滝”
- Lithuanian: “Hai Forso krioklys”
- Mazanderani: “ئوشار های فورس”
- Mazanderani: “های فورس ئوشار”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “High Force”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “High Force”
- Norwegian: “High Force”
- Persian: “آبشار های فورس”
- Spanish: “High Force”
- Swedish: “The High Force”
- Tajik: “Форсе”
- Tajik: “Шаршараҳои Форсе”
- Turkish: “High Force”
- Urdu: “ہائی فورس”
- Western Panjabi: “ہائی فورس”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Keedholm Scar and Ore Carr.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: High Force and Sun Wood.
County Durham: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Durham and Darlington.
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