Penhill
Penhill is a prominent hill, 5.5 miles south west of Leyburn, in the Pennines, North Yorkshire, England. It forms a ridge that commands the southern side of Wensleydale and the northern side of Coverdale.Photo: Poolofthought, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Penhill Preceptory and Aysgarth Falls.
Penhill Preceptory
Archaeological site
Photo: Tony Mercer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penhill Preceptory was a priory on the northern flanks of Penhill in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England, which functioned from about 1142 to 1308–12. Penhill Preceptory is situated 1½ miles north of Penhill.
Aysgarth Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aysgarth Falls are a triple flight of waterfalls, surrounded by woodland and farmland, carved out by the River Ure over an almost one-mile stretch on its descent to mid-Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales of England, near the village Aysgarth. Aysgarth Falls is situated 2½ miles northwest of Penhill.
Cauldron Falls
Waterfall
Cauldron Falls, is a series of waterfalls on Walden Beck in the village of West Burton, North Yorkshire, England. It is known as Cauldron Falls due to the swirls in the plunge pools beneath the cascades of the waterfall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Witton and Carlton.
West Witton
Village
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West Witton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Located in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales it lies on the A684. West Witton is situated 1½ miles northeast of Penhill.
Carlton
Village
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Carlton is a village in the civil parish of Carlton Town in the county of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2011 Census it had a population of 232. Carlton is situated 1½ miles southeast of Penhill.
West Burton
Village
Photo: Peter K Burian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
West Burton is a village in Bishopdale, a side valley of Wensleydale, in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies 6.2 miles south-west of Leyburn and 22.3 miles west of the county town of Northallerton. West Burton is situated 1½ miles west of Penhill.
Penhill
- Type: Locality
- Description: hill in the Pennines
- Categories: peak and hill
- Location: Carlton Town, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.27284° or 54° 16′ 22″ northLongitude
-1.93412° or 1° 56′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C6W73F8+49OpenStreetMap ID
node 427050326OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q8530372
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Penhill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Penhill”
- Welsh: “Penhill”
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