High Whiterigg

High Whiterigg is a fell in Ravenstonedale, Westmorland and Furness, England. High Whiterigg is situated nearby to the fell Low Whiterigg, as well as near Cow Bank.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wild Boar Fell and Pendragon Castle.

Wild Boar Fell

Peak

Photo: Matt westwood, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wild Boar Fell is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, on the eastern edge of Cumbria, England. At 2,323 feet, it is either the fourth- or fifth-highest fell in the Yorkshire Dales, depending on whether nearby High Seat is counted.

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. Pendragon Castle is situated 2½ miles northeast of High Whiterigg.

Swarth Fell

Peak

Swarth Fell is an approximately 1-mile stretch of high ground situated to the south of Wild Boar Fell, of which it is a continuation. It is mostly within Mallerstang, Cumbria, but the boundary between Cumbria and North Yorkshire runs along its length, just to the west of the highest points. Swarth Fell is situated 2½ miles south of High Whiterigg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mallerstang and Outhgill.

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. Mallerstang is situated 2½ miles east of High Whiterigg.

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. Outhgill is situated 2½ miles east of High Whiterigg.

Aisgill

Hamlet

Photo: George Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aisgill is the southernmost of the hamlets that form the parish of Mallerstang in the English county of Cumbria. It is on the B6259 road, at the head of Mallerstang dale, just before the boundary between Cumbria and North Yorkshire. Aisgill is situated 2½ miles southeast of High Whiterigg.

High Whiterigg

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

54.39945° or 54° 23′ 58″ north

Longitude

-2.38992° or 2° 23′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C6V9JX6+Q2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1479219417

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=fell

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