Crossthwaite

Crossthwaite is a locality in Holwick, County Durham, England. Crossthwaite is situated near the locality Buck Riggs, as well as near Stone Houses.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Park End Wood and Low Force.

Park End Wood

Forest

Park End Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of west County Durham, England. The site occupies a low hill of Whin Sill on the southern edge of the River Tees floodplain just over 2 km upstream from the village of Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Low Force

Waterfall

Photo: Scareyb, CC BY 3.0.

Low Force is an 18-foot high set of falls on the River Tees, England, UK. Further upstream is the High Force waterfall. Low Force is also the site of the Wynch Bridge, completed in 1830. Low Force is situated 2 miles north of Crossthwaite.

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 1½ miles southeast of Crossthwaite.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harter Fell and Holwick.

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.

Holwick

Hamlet

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holwick is a hamlet and civil parish in Teesdale, County Durham, England. Located in the Pennine hills, the hamlet consists of a few houses spread along a road in the pattern of a linear settlement.

Dent Bank

Hamlet

Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dent Bank is a hamlet in the civil parish of Middleton in Teesdale, in County Durham, England. It is situated on the north side of Teesdale between Middleton-in-Teesdale and Newbiggin.

Crossthwaite

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

54.61885° or 54° 37′ 8″ north

Longitude

-2.13519° or 2° 8′ 7″ west

Open location code

9C6VJV97+GW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 426720082

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Buck Riggs and Crossthwaite Common.

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Highlights: Rotten Rigg and old mining ?.

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