Black Band
Black Band is a locality in Lunedale, County Durham, England. Black Band is situated nearby to the locality Bald Crag, as well as near Grean Lead Mines.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mickle Fell and Cauldron Snout.
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.
Cauldron Snout
Waterfall
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cauldron Snout is a cascade on the upper reaches of the River Tees in Northern England, immediately below the dam of the Cow Green Reservoir. It is well upstream of the High Force waterfall, and is on the boundary between County Durham and Cumbria, England. Cauldron Snout is situated 2 miles north of Black Band.
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. Warcop Training Area is situated 2½ miles southwest of Black Band.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Langdon Beck and High Cup Gill.
Langdon Beck
Hamlet
Langdon Beck is a hamlet in the civil parish of Forest and Frith, in County Durham, England. It is situated in upper Teesdale, between Forest-in-Teesdale and Harwood, halfway between Penrith and Durham. Langdon Beck is situated 4 miles northeast of Black Band.
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 4 miles west of Black Band.
Forest-in-Teesdale
Hamlet
Forest-in-Teesdale is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated in upper Teesdale, on the north side of the Tees between Newbiggin and Langdon Beck, and is in the civil parish of Forest and Frith. Forest-in-Teesdale is situated 4½ miles northeast of Black Band.
Black Band
- Type: Locality
- Location: Lunedale, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.62558° or 54° 37′ 32″ northLongitude
-2.29072° or 2° 17′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C6VJPG5+6POpenStreetMap ID
node 426613613OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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