The Holmes

The Holmes is a locality in Mallerstang, Westmorland and Furness, England. The Holmes is situated nearby to the locality Boggle Green, as well as near Peat Moor.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pendragon Castle and Church of St Mary.

Pendragon Castle

Photo: Matthew Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pendragon Castle is a ruin located in Mallerstang Dale, Cumbria, south of Kirkby Stephen, and close to the hamlet of Outhgill. It stands above a bend in the River Eden, overlooked by Wild Boar Fell to the south-west and Mallerstang Edge to the east.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gregory Chapel

Peak

Gregory Chapel is one of the high points of the fells on the border between Cumbria and North Yorkshire. The summit is marked by a nearby sheep shelter and an unusual and conspicuous cairn - taller and more rectangular than most others locally.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Outhgill and Aisgill.

Outhgill

Hamlet

Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Outhgill is a hamlet in Mallerstang, Cumbria, England. It lies about 5 miles south of Kirkby Stephen. It is the main hamlet in the dale of Mallerstang which retains the Norse pattern of its original settlement: a series of small hamlets and isolated houses, with no village centre.

Aisgill

Hamlet

Photo: George Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aisgill is the southernmost of the hamlets that form the parish of Mallerstang in the English county of Cumbria. It is on the B6259 road, at the head of Mallerstang dale, just before the boundary between Cumbria and North Yorkshire. Aisgill is situated 2 miles south of The Holmes.

Lunds

Hamlet

Lunds is a hamlet in North Yorkshire, England, near to the watershed of the Eden and Ure rivers. It is on the border between Cumbria and North Yorkshire, and was at one time allocated to the West Riding, but has been traditionally treated as being in the North Riding. Lunds is situated 3½ miles south of The Holmes.

The Holmes

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

54.39782° or 54° 23′ 52″ north

Longitude

-2.33799° or 2° 20′ 17″ west

Open location code

9C6V9MX6+4R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 828512117

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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