Nunnery Hill

Nunnery Hill is a peak in Alston Moor, Westmorland and Furness, England and has an elevation of 1,995 feet. Nunnery Hill is situated nearby to the locality Fairview, as well as near Black Moss.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St John the Evangelist and Ashgill Force.

St John the Evangelist

Church

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St John the Evangelist is a church.

Ashgill Force

Waterfall

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ashgill Force is a waterfall near Alston, Cumbria, England. The fall is located on Ashgill Beck and is reasonably easily accessible from the B6277 or from Garrigill village, downstream of the fall.

St John’s Church

Church

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alston and Nenthead.

Alston is a small town in Cumbria, North West England. Alston lies within the North Pennines, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Alston is noted for its cobbled streets and 17th-century stone buildings.

Nenthead

Village

Photo: Carl Bendelow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nenthead in the county of Cumbria is one of England's highest villages, at around 1,437 feet. It was not built until the middle of the 18th century and was one of the earliest purpose-built industrial villages in Britain.

Garrigill

Village

Photo: AndyArmstrong, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Garrigill, Cumbria is a small village in the North Pennine region of the UK, situated on the banks and close to the source of the River South Tyne. Historically part of Cumberland, today it is within the Garrigill ward of the civil parish of Alston Moor within Westmorland and Furness.

Nunnery Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,995 feet
Category: landform
Location: Alston Moor, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.7805° or 54° 46′ 50″ north

Longitude

-2.3616° or 2° 21′ 42″ west

Elevation

1,995 feet (608 metres)

Open location code

9C6VQJJQ+58

OpenStreetMap ID

node 323137638

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=survey_point

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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