Ridding How

Ridding How is a locality in Barton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Ridding How is situated nearby to the hamlet Roehead, as well as near the locality Hollinthwaite.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Heughscar Hill and The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock.

Heughscar Hill

Peak

Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Heughscar Hill is a hill in the east of the English Lake District, east of Ullswater and north of High Street, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock

Archaeological site

Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock is an archaeological site.

St Paul’s Church

Church

Photo: William England, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pooley Bridge and Soulby.

Pooley Bridge

Village

Photo: Tony Peacock, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pooley Bridge is a village in the Westmorland and Furness of the northwestern English county of Cumbria, within the traditional borders of Westmorland.

Soulby

Hamlet

Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Soulby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dacre, near the villages of Dacre and Pooley Bridge and the A592 road, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. Soulby is situated 1½ miles northwest of Ridding How.

Helton

Village

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Helton is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about a mile south of the village of Askham. Circa 1870, it had a population of 180 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Helton is situated 2 miles east of Ridding How.

Ridding How

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

54.60206° or 54° 36′ 7″ north

Longitude

-2.80439° or 2° 48′ 16″ west

Open location code

9C6VJ52W+R6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6966037041

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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