Plover Hill
Plover Hill is an area of moorland lying to the north of Pen-y-ghent in the Yorkshire Dales and connected to it by an unbroken area of high ground. Whilst the whole area is now "open access land", the main right-of-way footpaths come directly from the north off Foxup Road and directly from the south from the summit of Pen-y-ghent.Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pen-y-ghent and Giants’ Graves.
Pen-y-ghent
Peak
Photo: Tim Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen-y-ghent or Penyghent is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is the lowest of Yorkshire's Three Peaks at 2,277 feet; the other two being Ingleborough and Whernside.
Giants’ Graves
Archaeological site
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Giants’ Graves is an archaeological site.
Fountains Fell
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fountains Fell is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The main summit has a height of 668 metres and a relative height or topographic prominence of 243 metres and thus qualifies as a Marilyn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foxup and Hesleden.
Foxup
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foxup is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is near Halton Gill and Litton and is 13 miles north west of Grassington.
Hesleden
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hesleden is a hamlet in Littondale in the Yorkshire Dales in England. It lies within the civil parish of Halton Gill in the county of North Yorkshire. Nether Hesleden is 1.1 miles west of Litton, and Upper Hesleden is a further 1.4 miles west, on the road from Halton Gill to Stainforth.
Brackenbottom
Hamlet
Brackenbottom is a hamlet in Ribblesdale, near to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is the location of the headquarters of Bradford Potholing Club who own a bunkhouse in the village.
Plover Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,231 feet
- Description: mountain in United Kingdom
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Halton Gill, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.17239° or 54° 10′ 21″ northLongitude
-2.23237° or 2° 13′ 57″ westElevation
2,231 feet (680 metres)Open location code
9C6V5QC9+X3OpenStreetMap ID
node 312156089OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Plover Hill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Plover Hill”
- Ladin: “Plover Hill”
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