Brown Rigg Moss

Brown Rigg Moss is a locality in Cotherstone, County Durham, England. Brown Rigg Moss is situated nearby to the locality Knotts Hill, as well as near Sleddale Brow.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Goldsborough and Balderhead Reservoir.

Goldsborough

Peak

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Goldsborough is a peak.

Balderhead Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Balderhead Reservoir is a reservoir in Baldersdale, County Durham, England. It is one of a chain of three reservoirs on the River Balder, a tributary of the River Tees, which it joins at Cotherstone, about 5 miles to the east. Balderhead Reservoir is situated 2½ miles northwest of Brown Rigg Moss.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hury and Grassholme.

Hury

Hamlet

Hury is a village in Baldersdale, in the Pennines of England. It is located in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire. Along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it has been treated as part of County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes since 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972. Hury is situated 2½ miles north of Brown Rigg Moss.

Grassholme

Locality

Grassholme is a village in County Durham, England. For centuries it lay within the historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, but, along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972. Grassholme is situated 3½ miles north of Brown Rigg Moss.

Bowes

Village

Photo: Darren Haddock, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bowes is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. Located in the Pennine hills, it is situated close to Barnard Castle. It is built around the medieval Bowes Castle. In 2021 the parish had a population of 442. Bowes is situated 3½ miles southeast of Brown Rigg Moss.

Brown Rigg Moss

Type: Locality
Location: Cotherstone, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.54251° or 54° 32′ 33″ north

Longitude

-2.08598° or 2° 5′ 10″ west

Open location code

9C6VGWV7+2J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5232448396

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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