Birkett Bottom

Birkett Bottom is a locality in Mallerstang, Westmorland and Furness, England. Birkett Bottom is situated nearby to the locality Six O’clock Hole, as well as near Watergalte Bottom.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pendragon Castle and Lammerside Castle.

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.

Lammerside Castle

Ruins

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lammerside Castle is a Grade II listed Medieval tower house in Wharton, Cumbria, England which has partial ruins existing today.

Birkett Tunnel

Tunnel

Photo: John Charlton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Outhgill and Kirkby Stephen.

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. Outhgill is situated 1½ miles south of Birkett Bottom.

Kirkby Stephen

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

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 3 miles north of Birkett Bottom.

Smardale

Hamlet

Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Smardale is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Waitby, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in Cumbria, England. In 1891 the parish had a population of 36. Smardale is situated 3½ miles northwest of Birkett Bottom.

Birkett Bottom

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

54.43285° or 54° 25′ 58″ north

Longitude

-2.33944° or 2° 20′ 22″ west

Open location code

9C6VCMM6+46

OpenStreetMap ID

node 828522242

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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