North Yorkshire
Craven District
Bentham

High Bentham

Bentham is a civil parish in , England, with a population of 3,027 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the town High Bentham, occasionally known as Higher Bentham or just Bentham, and the older adjacent village Low Bentham.
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Photo: Ian Lane, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Town with 1,680 residents
  • Description: settlement in North Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Bentham”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bentham Town Hall and Bentham railway station.

Town hall
Photo: Christine Johnstone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as High , is a municipal building in Station Road, , a town in , England. The building currently accommodates Bentham Town Council but is also used as a community events venue and a tourist information office.

Railway station
Photo: Avocet, Public domain.
Bentham is a railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between and via . The station, situated 19 miles east of Lancaster, serves the town of and surrounding settlements in .

Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Margaret's Church is in Station Road, , , England. It is an Anglican in the deanery of Ewecross, the archdeaconry of Craven, and the Diocese of Leeds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Low Bentham and Barnoldswick.

Village
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bentham is a civil parish in , England, with a population of 3,027 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the town High Bentham, occasionally known as Higher Bentham or just Bentham, and the older adjacent village .

Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 1½ miles north of High Bentham.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The village is 17 miles from Kendal and 17 miles from on the western side of the Pennines. is situated 3 miles northeast of High Bentham.

High Bentham

Latitude
54.11838° or 54° 7′ 6″ north
Longitude
-2.50942° or 2° 30′ 34″ west
Population
1,680
Elevation
335 feet (102 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB HBE
Open location code
9C6V4F9R+96
Open­Street­Map ID
node 331177453
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2646981
Wiki­data ID
Q26774476
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“High Bentham” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “High Bentham”
  • Dutch: “High Bentham”
  • Italian: “High Bentham”
  • Polish: “High Bentham”
  • Romanian: “High Bentham”
  • Spanish: “High Bentham”
  • Swedish: “High Bentham”
  • Volapük: “High Bentham”
  • Welsh: “High Bentham”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bentham Post Office and Methodist Chapel.

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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 “High Bentham”. Photo: Ian Lane, CC BY-SA 2.0.