Calver Hill
Calver Hill is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England. It is composed of limestone and is situated at grid reference NZ012003, near where the valleys of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale meet, the village of Reeth is located on its lower south-eastern slopes, it reaches an altitude of 487 metres and is a distinguished feature in mid Swaledale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,598 feet
- Description: peak in the Yorkshire Dales, England
- Also known as: “Calvey Hill”, “Mount Calva”, “Mount Calvey”, and “Reeth Low Moor”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maiden Castle and Swaledale Museum.
Maiden Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maiden Castle is a settlement in Grinton, North Yorkshire which probably dates from the Iron Age. It is listed as a scheduled monument. The name Maiden Castle is not unique to the site and occurs in several other places in Britain and probably means a "fortification that looks impregnable" or one that has never been taken in battle.
Swaledale Museum
Museum
Photo: Betsythedevine, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Swaledale Museum is a local museum in the village of Reeth, near Richmond in North Yorkshire, England. It covers rural history including life and work in the local area of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Arkengarthdale
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary the Virgin's Church is the parish church of Arkengarthdale, a valley in North Yorkshire, in England. There was a mediaeval church in Arkle Town in Arkengarthdale, but its foundations were undermined by the Arkle Beck, and it was pulled down in the 1810s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Healaugh and Arkle Town.
Healaugh
Hamlet
Photo: Charles Rawding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Healaugh is a small village in the civil parish of Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh, in Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales. part of the county of North Yorkshire, England and lies about 1 mile west of Reeth.
Arkle Town
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arkle Town is a hamlet in Arkengarthdale in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 0.4 miles to the south of Langthwaite and 2.7 miles north-west of Reeth.
Kearton
Hamlet
Kearton is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. Kearton is situated near Low Row and Reeth. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
Calver Hill
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.39816° or 54° 23′ 53″ northLongitude
-1.98093° or 1° 58′ 51″ westElevation
1,598 feet (487 metres)Open location code
9C6W92X9+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 492907681OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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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 “Calver Hill”. Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.