Torpenhow Hill
Torpenhow Hill is claimed to be the name of a hill near the village of Torpenhow in Cumbria, England, a name that is tautological. According to an analysis by linguist Darryl Francis and locals, there is no landform formally known as Torpenhow Hill there, either officially or locally, which would make the term an example of a ghost word.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 673 feet
- Description: hill in United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Hill Hill Hill Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Caer Mote and St Michael’s Church.
Caer Mote
Peak
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caer Mote is a hill of 289 metres in the north of the English Lake District near Bothel, Cumbria. Its summit lies just outside the boundary of the Lake District National Park and offers a view of Bassenthwaite Lake.
St Michael’s Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael's Church is in the civil parish of Blennerhasset and Torpenhow, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican church in the deanery of Derwent, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle.
Ireby Old Church
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ireby Old Church is a redundant Anglican church, of which only the chancel remains. It stands in an isolated position 1 mile to the west of the hamlet of Ireby, Cumbria, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Allhallows and Bothel.
Allhallows
Village
Allhallows is a civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The largest settlement in the parish is Fletchertown, and the parish also contains the hamlets of Baggrow, Harbybrow and Watchhill. The population at the 2021 census was 527.
Bothel
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bothel is a small village in Cumbria, England. Bothel was historically within Cumberland.
Torpenhow Hill
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Blennerhasset and Torpenhow, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.7397° or 54° 44′ 23″ northLongitude
-3.2348° or 3° 14′ 5″ westElevation
673 feet (205 metres)Open location code
9C6RPQQ8+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 8384467985OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q7826754
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Russian—“Torpenhow Hill” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Torpenhow Hill”
- Dutch: “Torpenhow Hill”
- French: “Torpenhow Hill”
- German: “Hügel Hügel Hügel Hügel”
- German: “Torpenhow Hügel”
- Korean: “토르펜하우 언덕”
- Russian: “холм Торпенхау”
- Russian: “Холм холм холм холм”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Whitrigg and Snittlegarth Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Torpenhow Village Hall and Thornscalemire Wood.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Torpenhow Hill”. Photo: ramsd, CC BY 2.0.