Beckfoot

Beckfoot is a locality in Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland and Furness, England. Beckfoot is situated nearby to the locality Habbers Hill, as well as near Blands Wath.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brough Castle and Verterae.

Brough Castle

Ruins

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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 northeast of Beckfoot.

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 northeast of Beckfoot.

Black Bull Hotel

Hotel

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Black Bull Hotel is situated 1½ miles south of Beckfoot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Musgrave and Great Musgrave.

Little Musgrave

Hamlet

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Little Musgrave is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Musgrave, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. In 1891 the parish had a population of 52.

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.

Kirkby Stephen

Town

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Kirkby Stephen is a market town and civil parish in 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 1½ miles south of Beckfoot.

Beckfoot

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

54.49684° or 54° 29′ 49″ north

Longitude

-2.3574° or 2° 21′ 27″ west

Open location code

9C6VFJWV+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5295786242

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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