High Cup Gill
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.Photo: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: valley deeply incised into the Pennine scarp in Cumbria, England
- Also known as: “High Cup Nick”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Murton Fell.
Murton Fell
Peak
Murton Fell is a hill of 675 metres above the village of Murton, Cumbria in Westmorland and Furness district, in the North Pennines. It lies east of the dramatic valley of High Cup Nick It lies on the central watershed of England, as it is drained to the south west into the River Eden flowing into the Solway Firth, and to the north east into the River Tees and ultimately the North Sea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keisley and Murton.
Keisley
Hamlet
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keisley is a small hamlet in the English county of Cumbria. It is located in the Dufton civil parish and the Westmorland and Furness district. Keisley is situated 2½ miles southwest of High Cup Gill.
Murton
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Murton is a small village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The parish had a population of 330 in 2001, rising to 360 at the 2011 Census. Murton is situated 3 miles south of High Cup Gill.
Dufton
Village
Photo: Sara Hunt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dufton is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, it lies in the Eden Valley and below Great Dun Fell. It is mostly around 180m above sea level. Dufton is situated 3½ miles west of High Cup Gill.
High Cup Gill
- Category: valley
- Location: Murton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.6299° or 54° 37′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.3949° or 2° 23′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C6VJJH4+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 426626727OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q60440761
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“High Cup Gill” goes by many names.
- Slovenian: “High Cup Gill”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as High Cupgill Head and High Cup Plain.
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