Brough Hill

Brough Hill is a peak in Warcop, Westmorland and Furness, England and has an elevation of 636 feet. Brough Hill is situated near the locality Kiln Hill, as well as near Brackenber Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Warcop railway station and Brough Castle.

Warcop railway station

Railway station

Photo: mark harrington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Warcop railway station was situated on the Eden Valley Railway between Penrith and Kirkby Stephen East. It served the village of Warcop. The station opened to passenger traffic on 9 June 1862, and closed on 22 January 1962.

Brough Castle

Ruins

Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria, England. The castle was built by William Rufus around 1092 within the old Roman fort of Verterae to protect a key route through the Pennine Mountains.

St Columba’s Church, Warcop

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.

St Columba's Church is in the village of Warcop, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flitholme and Great Musgrave.

Flitholme

Hamlet

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Flitholme is a hamlet in the parish of Musgrave, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria.

Great Musgrave

Village

Photo: William Metcalfe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Musgrave is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Musgrave, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is about a mile west of Brough.

Little Musgrave

Hamlet

Photo: RuthAS, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Little Musgrave is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Musgrave, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. In 1891 the parish had a population of 52.

Brough Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 636 feet
Category: landform
Location: Warcop, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.5353° or 54° 32′ 7″ north

Longitude

-2.36451° or 2° 21′ 52″ west

Elevation

636 feet (194 metres)

Open location code

9C6VGJPP+45

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5230011759

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12620096

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kiln Hill and Brackenber Hill.

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Highlights: Toddygill Plantation and Burtergill Wood.

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