Heckgill Mire

Heckgill Mire is in Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland and Furness, England. Heckgill Mire is situated near the locality Flass, as well as near Scandal Bell.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Pendragon Castle and Lammerside Castle.

Pendragon Castle

Photo: Matthew Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pendragon Castle is a ruin located in Mallerstang Dale, Cumbria, south of Kirkby Stephen, and close to the hamlet of Outhgill. It stands above a bend in the River Eden, overlooked by Wild Boar Fell to the south-west and Mallerstang Edge to the east.

Lammerside Castle

Ruins

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lammerside Castle is a Grade II listed Medieval tower house in Wharton, Cumbria, England which has partial ruins existing today.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ravenstonedale and Mallerstang.

Ravenstonedale

Village

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ravenstonedale is a village and large civil parish in Cumbria, on the watershed between the River Lune and River Eden. The village lies 4 miles south west of Kirkby Stephen.

Mallerstang

Hamlet

Photo: Oldfaw, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mallerstang is a civil parish in the extreme east of Cumbria, and, geographically, a dale at the head of the upper Eden Valley. Originally part of Westmorland, it lies about 6 miles south of the nearest town, Kirkby Stephen.

Outhgill

Hamlet

Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Outhgill is a hamlet in Mallerstang, Cumbria, England. It lies about 5 miles south of Kirkby Stephen. It is the main hamlet in the dale of Mallerstang which retains the Norse pattern of its original settlement: a series of small hamlets and isolated houses, with no village centre.

Heckgill Mire

Type: Wetland
Category: body of water
Location: Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.4171° or 54° 25′ 2″ north

Longitude

-2.3833° or 2° 23′ west

Open location code

9C6VCJ88+RM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1479219348

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wetland

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Flass and Scandal Bell.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Cook Mire and Bullhouse Hill.

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