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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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  • Type: Locality with 3,030 residents
  • Description: civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Bentham (civil parish), North Yorkshire”, “Bentham, North Yorkshire”, and “Benthan CP”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bentham railway station and Bentham Town Hall.

Railway station
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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 High Bentham and surrounding settlements in .

Town hall
Photo: Christine Johnstone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as High , is a municipal building in Station Road, High Bentham, 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.

Stone
Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , or the Big Stone as it is known locally, is a on the moorlands of Tatham Fells, England, straddling the county border between and , near Bentham in the District of Craven.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include High Bentham and Low Bentham.

Town
Photo: Ian Lane, 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 , occasionally known as Higher Bentham or just Bentham, and the older adjacent village Low Bentham.

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 .

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 3½ miles northeast of Bentham.

Bentham

Latitude
54.1094° or 54° 6′ 34″ north
Longitude
-2.5057° or 2° 30′ 21″ west
Population
3,030
Elevation
404 feet (123 metres)
Open location code
9C6V4F5V+QP
Geo­Names ID
7291812
Wiki­data ID
Q818249
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Bentham” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Bentham”
  • Dutch: “Bentham (North Yorkshire)”
  • Dutch: “Bentham”
  • French: “Bentham”
  • German: “Bentham”
  • Irish: “Bentham”
  • Italian: “Bentham”
  • Ladin: “Bentham”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bentham i North Yorkshire”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bentham”
  • Persian: “بنتهام، یورک‌شر شمالی”
  • Polish: “Bentham”
  • Romanian: “Bentham, North Yorkshire”
  • Romanian: “Bentham”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بنتهام، قوزئی یورک‌شر”
  • Swedish: “Bentham, North Yorkshire”
  • Swedish: “Bentham”
  • Turkish: “Bentham, North Yorkshire”
  • Volapük: “Bentham”
  • Welsh: “Bentham, Gogledd Swydd Efrog”
  • Welsh: “Bentham”
  • “Bentham”

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Bentham”. Photo: SIMON PHILLIPS, CC BY-SA 2.0.