Herd Hill
Herd Hill is a locality in Bowness, Cumberland, England. Herd Hill is situated nearby to the locality Cardurnock Flatts, as well as near Bowness Common.Places of Interest
Highlights include Anthorn Radio Station and Campfield Marsh RSPB reserve.
Anthorn Radio Station
Military installation
Photo: Chetvorno, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Anthorn Radio Station is a naval and government radio transmitting station located near Anthorn, Cumbria, England, overlooking the Solway Firth, and is operated by Babcock International.
Campfield Marsh RSPB reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Campfield Marsh RSPB reserve is a nature reserve, which is situated 2 miles east of Herd Hill.
Milefortlet 1
Archaeological site
Milefortlet 1 was a milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian's Wall, along the Cumbrian coast and were linked by a wooden palisade. Milefortlet 1 is situated 2½ miles northeast of Herd Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cardurnock and Anthorn.
Cardurnock
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cardurnock is a small settlement in Cumbria, England. It is by the coast, 20 kilometres west of Carlisle. The western extension of the Hadrian's Wall frontier defences once passed through the Cardurnock peninsula, though not the Wall itself.
Anthorn
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anthorn is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it is situated on the south side of the Solway Firth, on the Wampool estuary, about 13 miles west of Carlisle. Anthorn is situated 1½ miles southeast of Herd Hill.
British coast
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The British coast is a popular destination for many travellers even if the numbers visiting the traditional "seaside resort" have fallen significantly since their peak in the 1950s.
Herd Hill
- Type: Locality
- Location: Bowness, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.92785° or 54° 55′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.28657° or 3° 17′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C6RWPH7+49OpenStreetMap ID
node 5098154737OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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