Brackenber Hill

Brackenber Hill is a locality in Musgrave, Westmorland and Furness, England. Brackenber Hill is situated nearby to the locality Kiln Hill, as well as near Bale Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Warcop railway station and Brough Castle.

Warcop railway station

Railway station

Photo: mark harrington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Warcop railway station was situated on the Eden Valley Railway between Penrith and Kirkby Stephen East. It served the village of Warcop. The station opened to passenger traffic on 9 June 1862, and closed on 22 January 1962.

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 1½ miles southeast of Brackenber Hill.

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 1½ miles southeast of Brackenber Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flitholme and Great Musgrave.

Flitholme

Hamlet

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Flitholme is a hamlet in the parish of Musgrave, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria.

Great Musgrave

Village

Photo: William Metcalfe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Musgrave is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Musgrave, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is about a mile west of Brough.

Helbeck

Hamlet

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Helbeck is a settlement and civil parish near the village of Brough, in Westmorland and Furness, in the county of Cumbria, England. There is a wood called Helbeck Wood nearby. Helbeck is situated 1½ miles east of Brackenber Hill.

Brackenber Hill

Type: Locality
Location: Musgrave, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.53798° or 54° 32′ 17″ north

Longitude

-2.35614° or 2° 21′ 22″ west

Open location code

9C6VGJQV+5G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5230011758

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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