Hesleden
Hesleden is a hamlet in Littondale in the Yorkshire Dales in England. It lies within the civil parish of Halton Gill in the county of North Yorkshire. Nether Hesleden is 1.1 miles west of Litton, and Upper Hesleden is a further 1.4 miles west, on the road from Halton Gill to Stainforth.Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Hesleden, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fountains Fell and Giants’ Graves.
Fountains Fell
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fountains Fell is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The main summit has a height of 668 metres and a relative height or topographic prominence of 243 metres and thus qualifies as a Marilyn. Fountains Fell is situated 2½ miles southwest of Hesleden.
Giants’ Graves
Archaeological site
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Giants’ Graves is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Hesleden.
Plover Hill
Peak
Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plover Hill is an area of moorland lying to the north of Pen-y-ghent in the Yorkshire Dales and connected to it by an unbroken area of high ground. Whilst the whole area is now "open access land", the main right-of-way footpaths come directly from the north off Foxup Road and directly from the south from the summit of Pen-y-ghent. Plover Hill is situated 2½ miles west of Hesleden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foxup and Yockenthwaite.
Foxup
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foxup is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is near Halton Gill and Litton and is 13 miles north west of Grassington. Foxup is situated 1½ miles northwest of Hesleden.
Yockenthwaite
Hamlet
Yockenthwaite is a hamlet in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Langstrothdale valley in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Yockenthwaite is 20 miles north of Skipton and 8 miles south of Hawes. Yockenthwaite is situated 3 miles north of Hesleden.
Deepdale
Hamlet
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Deepdale is a hamlet in Langstrothdale in the Yorkshire Dales in the north of England. The hamlet is 6.5 miles northwest of Kettlewell and 15 miles north of Settle. Deepdale is situated 3 miles north of Hesleden.
Hesleden
- Category: locality
- Location: Litton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.16735° or 54° 10′ 3″ northLongitude
-2.17423° or 2° 10′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C6V5R8G+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 701062739OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q5745740
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Hesleden” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Hesleden, North Yorkshire”
- Irish: “Hesleden”
- Polish: “Hesleden (North Yorkshire)”
- Polish: “Hesleden”
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