Bowderdale
Bowderdale is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, 6 miles southwest of Kirkby Stephen. It is also the name of a dale in the Howgill Fells, the valley of Bowderdale Beck which rises on the western slopes of Yarlside and flows 5 miles north to join the River Lune below the village of Bowderdale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Bowderdale, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sunbiggin Tarn.
Sunbiggin Tarn
Sunbiggin Tarn is a tarn near Sunbiggin in Cumbria. It is in a Site of Special Scientific Interest which also includes the surrounding moorland and limestone pavement of Little Asby Scar. Sunbiggin Tarn is situated 2 miles north of Bowderdale.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weasdale and Kelleth.
Weasdale
Hamlet
Photo: Rob Bainbridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weasdale is a small hamlet in Cumbria, England, 850 feet above sea-level on the northern flanks of the Howgill Fells. It is located approximately 6 miles south-west of Kirkby Stephen.
Kelleth
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kelleth is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, containing around a dozen houses and formerly a toy factory. It is approximately 19 miles from Penrith. It is in the Lune Valley, is situated next to the River Lune and is at an altitude of 750 ft.
Newbiggin-on-Lune
Village
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newbiggin-on-Lune is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland it is about 4 miles south west of Kirkby Stephen, and lies on the main A685 route from Brough to Tebay. Newbiggin-on-Lune is situated 1½ miles east of Bowderdale.
Bowderdale
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Ravenstonedale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.43567° or 54° 26′ 8″ northLongitude
-2.49658° or 2° 29′ 48″ westElevation
768 feet (234 metres)Open location code
9C6VCGP3+79OpenStreetMap ID
node 4518097703OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Bowderdale” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bowderdale”
- French: “Bowderdale”
- Irish: “Bowderdale”
- Polish: “Bowderdale”
- Welsh: “Bowderdale”
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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 “Bowderdale”. Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.