Townfoot

Townfoot is a locality in Ousby, Westmorland and Furness, England. Townfoot is situated nearby to the village Melmerby, as well as near the locality Shire.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Little Meg.

Little Meg

Archaeological site

Photo: Tumulus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Little Meg is a small circle of large kerb stones which probably surrounded a Bronze Age kerb cairn. It is close to the village of Langwathby to the north-east of Penrith in the English county of Cumbria and is 650 metres north-east of the more famous stone circle of Long Meg and Her Daughters. Little Meg is situated 2 miles west of Townfoot.

Church of St Luke

Church

Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Luke is situated 2 miles southeast of Townfoot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melmerby and Gamblesby.

Melmerby

Village

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Melmerby is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It is a small village with a population of around 200. The village is 9 miles to the east of Penrith, which is a thriving community with immediate access to Junction 40 of the M6 motorway and a main-line railway station serving London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Gamblesby

Village

Photo: Charles Rispin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gamblesby is a village near Melmerby, and former civil parish, now in the parish of Glassonby, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.

Unthank

Hamlet

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Unthank is a village near Gamblesby in the civil parish of Glassonby in Cumbria, England. It is first mentioned in writing as Unthanke in 1332. Unthank is situated 2 miles north of Townfoot.

Townfoot

Type: Locality
Location: Ousby, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.72838° or 54° 43′ 42″ north

Longitude

-2.60491° or 2° 36′ 18″ west

Elevation

558 feet (170 metres)

Open location code

9C6VP9HW+92

GeoNames ID

13284070

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