Wemmergill Pasture

Wemmergill Pasture is a locality in Lunedale, County Durham, England. Wemmergill Pasture is situated nearby to the locality Smithy Holm, as well as near Cocklake Side.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Balderhead Reservoir and Kirkcarrion.

Balderhead Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Balderhead Reservoir is a reservoir in Baldersdale, County Durham, England. It is one of a chain of three reservoirs on the River Balder, a tributary of the River Tees, which it joins at Cotherstone, about 5 miles to the east. Balderhead Reservoir is situated 2½ miles south of Wemmergill Pasture.

Kirkcarrion

Archaeological site

Photo: Etype.jaguar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kirkcarrion is a copse of pine trees, surrounded by a stone wall, on a hilltop near Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England. The trees, which were planted in Victorian times, cover a tumulus which is reputed to be the burial place of a Bronze Age chieftain, Prince Caryn, who ruled before the days of the Romans. Kirkcarrion is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wemmergill Pasture.

Crosshill Stone

Wayside cross

Photo: Matthew Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Crosshill Stone is a wayside cross, which is situated 2½ miles west of Wemmergill Pasture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grassholme and Harter Fell.

Grassholme

Locality

Grassholme is a village in County Durham, England. For centuries it lay within the historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, but, along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.

Harter Fell

Locality

Harter Fell is an area of upland heath in west County Durham, England. It lies on the watershed between the River Tees to the north-east and the River Lune to the south and reaches a maximum height of 481 metres above sea level about 1-kilometre north of the hamlet of Thringarth. Harter Fell is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wemmergill Pasture.

Thringarth

Hamlet

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thringarth is a hamlet in Lunedale, in the Pennines of England. It is traditionally located in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972. Thringarth is situated 2 miles east of Wemmergill Pasture.

Wemmergill Pasture

Type: Locality
Location: Lunedale, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.59415° or 54° 35′ 39″ north

Longitude

-2.15023° or 2° 9′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C6VHRVX+MW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2117910909

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

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