Aircraft wreckage
Aircraft wreckage is a historic site in Dufton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Aircraft wreckage is situated nearby to the peak Knock Fell, as well as near Backstone Edge.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Knock Fell and Great Dun Fell.
Knock Fell
Peak
Photo: Rude Health, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knock Fell is a hill in Cumbria, England. It has a height of 794 m and a prominence of 50 m, and thus is listed as a Hewitt, a Simm and a Nuttall. The summit lies in the civil parish of Long Marton, but the boundary with the parish of Dufton is only a few metres to the south.
Great Dun Fell
Peak
Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
At a height of 848 metres, Great Dun Fell is the second-highest mountain in England's Pennines, lying two miles south along the watershed from Cross Fell, its higher neighbour. Great Dun Fell is situated 2 miles northwest of Aircraft wreckage.
Dufton Pike
Peak
Photo: John Clive Nicholson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dufton Pike is a hill in the northern Pennines, in Cumbria, England. It is 481 metres above sea level and is classed as a Marilyn. It rises above the village of Dufton. Dufton Fell lies between the pike and Cow Green Reservoir. Dufton Pike is situated 2 miles southwest of Aircraft wreckage.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include High Cup Gill and Knock.
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 2 miles southeast of Aircraft wreckage.
Knock
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knock is a small village in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England, and 1.9 km northwest of the larger village of Dufton and 3.1 km south of the village of Milburn. Knock is situated 3 miles southwest of Aircraft wreckage.
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 southwest of Aircraft wreckage.
Aircraft wreckage
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Dufton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.65628° or 54° 39′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.42653° or 2° 25′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C6VMH4F+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 4731097522OpenStreetMap feature
historic=aircraft_wreck
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