Howgill Colliery

Howgill Colliery is a mine in Midgeholme, Cumberland, England. Howgill Colliery is situated nearby to Forest Head Quarry, as well as near the peak Tortie Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cold Fell and Tindale Tarn.

Cold Fell

Peak

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cold Fell is a mountain in the northern Pennines, in Cumbria, England. Lying among the northernmost uplands of the North Pennines AONB, it is the most northerly mountain in Cumbria and is listed as a Marilyn due to its prominence of 168m.

Tindale Tarn

Photo: Jonathan Adams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tarn House

Building

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tarn House is a building, which is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Howgill Colliery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hallbankgate and Tindale.

Hallbankgate

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Hallbankgate is a village in Cumbria, England, 13 miles east of Carlisle. A former coal and lead mining village, it straddles the A689 Brampton to Alston road. Hallbankgate is situated 2 miles northwest of Howgill Colliery.

Tindale

Locality

Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tindale or Tindale Fell is a hamlet in the parish of Farlam in the Cumberland district of the English county of Cumbria. It is to the south of the A689 Brampton to Alston road. Tindale is situated 2 miles northeast of Howgill Colliery.

Farlam

Village

Photo: John Charlton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Farlam is a village and civil parish in the Cumberland district, in the English county of Cumbria. The village is about 2+1⁄4 miles southeast of the small town of Brampton and 9+1⁄2 miles east of the city of Carlisle. Farlam is situated 2½ miles northwest of Howgill Colliery.

Howgill Colliery

Type: Mine
Categories: historic site and industry
Location: Midgeholme, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.90652° or 54° 54′ 24″ north

Longitude

-2.63841° or 2° 38′ 18″ west

Open location code

9C6VW946+JJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 433721395

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=mine

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