Force Beck Head
Force Beck Head is a locality in Warcop, Westmorland and Furness, England. Force Beck Head is situated nearby to the locality Hilton Fell, as well as near Arnside Rake.Places of Interest
Highlights include Warcop Training Area and Mickle Fell.
Warcop Training Area
Military installation
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Warcop Training Area is a UK Ministry of Defence military training area near the village of Warcop in Cumbria. Part of the Defence Training Estate, the area consists of approximately 24,000 acres of MoD freehold land.
Mickle Fell
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mickle Fell is a mountain in the Pennines, the range of hills and moors running down the middle of Northern England. It has a maximum elevation of 788 m. Mickle Fell is situated 2 miles northeast of Force Beck Head.
Murton Fell
Peak
Murton Fell is a hill of 675 metres above the village of Murton, Cumbria in Westmorland and Furness district, in the North Pennines. It lies east of the dramatic valley of High Cup Nick It lies on the central watershed of England, as it is drained to the south west into the River Eden flowing into the Solway Firth, and to the north east into the River Tees and ultimately the North Sea. Murton Fell is situated 2 miles northwest of Force Beck Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include High Cup Gill and Hilton.
High Cup Gill
Locality
Photo: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
High Cup Gill, almost a geometrically perfect U-shaped chasm, is a valley deeply incised into the Pennine scarp to the northeast of Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria and within the North Pennines AONB in northern England. High Cup Gill is situated 3½ miles northwest of Force Beck Head.
Hilton
Village
Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hilton is a village in Cumbria, England, in the civil parish of Murton, about 3 miles east of Appleby-in-Westmorland and at an elevation of 752 feet. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 253. Hilton is situated 3½ miles west of Force Beck Head.
Murton
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Murton is a small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The parish had a population of 330 in 2001, rising to 360 at the 2011 Census. Murton is situated 3½ miles west of Force Beck Head.
Force Beck Head
Latitude
54.59714° or 54° 35′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.33216° or 2° 19′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C6VHMW9+V4OpenStreetMap ID
node 13196255740OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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