Rookby Farm House

Rookby Farm House is a farm in Kaber, Westmorland and Furness, England. Rookby Farm House is situated nearby to the peak Bowber Hill, as well as near Askew Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brough Castle and Verterae.

Brough Castle

Ruins

Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria, England. The castle was built by William Rufus around 1092 within the old Roman fort of Verterae to protect a key route through the Pennine Mountains. Brough Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of Rookby Farm House.

Verterae

Archaeological site

Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Verterae was a Roman fort in the modern-day village of Brough, Cumbria, England. Occupied between the 1st and 5th centuries AD, it protected a key Roman road in the north of England. Verterae is situated 2 miles northwest of Rookby Farm House.

Belah Viaduct

Historic site

Photo: Geoff White, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Belah Viaduct was a railway viaduct on the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, crossing the River Belah, in Cumbria, England, about 1 mile south of the village of Barras and 4 miles east north east of Kirkby Stephen. Belah Viaduct is situated 2 miles east of Rookby Farm House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brough Sowerby and Kirkby Stephen.

Brough Sowerby

Village

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brough Sowerby is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is located 22.3 miles southeast of the town of Penrith.

Kirkby Stephen

Town

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Kirkby Stephen is a market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It lies on the A685 and is surrounded by sparsely populated hill country, about 25 miles from the nearest larger towns, Kendal and Penrith. Kirkby Stephen is situated 2½ miles southwest of Rookby Farm House.

Brough

Village

Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brough, sometimes known as Brough under Stainmore, is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Westmorland and the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, within the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, on the western fringe of the Pennines near Stainmore. Brough is situated 2½ miles north of Rookby Farm House.

Rookby Farm House

Type: Farm
Categories: locality and agriculture
Location: Kaber, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.49368° or 54° 29′ 37″ north

Longitude

-2.30351° or 2° 18′ 13″ west

Open location code

9C6VFMVW+FH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 486594360

OpenStreetMap feature

place=farm

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