Kitgill Hill

Kitgill Hill is a locality in Lowther, Westmorland and Furness, England. Kitgill Hill is situated nearby to the village Melkinthorpe, as well as near the locality Sand Wath.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cliburn Moss and Lowther Castle.

Cliburn Moss

Nature reserve

Cliburn Moss is a national nature reserve located northwest of the village of Cliburn, in the county of Cumbria, England. It contains wetland habitats, produced by a hollow in the glacial valley.

Lowther Castle is a ruined country house in Lowther, Cumbria, England. The estate has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle Ages. Lowther Castle is situated 2 miles west of Kitgill Hill.

Clifton Hall

Photo: Brookie, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Clifton Hall was a fortified manor house in the village of Clifton, Cumbria. Dating from around 1400, it was constructed by either Elianor Engaine or her son-in-law William Wybergh, and was held by the Wybergh family until the 19th century. Clifton Hall is situated 2½ miles northwest of Kitgill Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melkinthorpe and Great Strickland.

Melkinthorpe

Village

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Melkinthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lowther, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is near the villages of Hackthorpe and Cliburn.

Great Strickland

Village

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Strickland is a village and civil parish in the Eden Valley between the Cumbrian mountains in the west and the Pennines in the east. It is 5 miles south east of Penrith, and is in the former county of Westmorland.

Whale

Hamlet

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whale is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland, it is about a mile south of the village of Askham. In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 it had a population of 53. Whale is situated 3 miles southwest of Kitgill Hill.

Kitgill Hill

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

54.61411° or 54° 36′ 51″ north

Longitude

-2.6859° or 2° 41′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C6VJ877+JJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5283752593

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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