Tan Hill
Tan Hill is a high point on the Pennine Way in North Yorkshire, England. It lies north of Keld in the civil parish of Muker, near the borders of County Durham and Westmorland, and close to the northern boundary of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.Photo: Kreuzschnabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,726 feet
- Description: high point on the Pennine Way in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “Tan Hill, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tan Hill Inn and Brownber Tarn.
Tan Hill Inn
Pub
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Tan Hill Inn is a public house at Tan Hill, North Yorkshire. It is the highest inn in the British Isles at 1,732 feet above sea level. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, it is slightly higher than the Cat and Fiddle Inn in the Peak District, which is at 1,690 feet.
Rogan’s Seat
Peak
Photo: steven ruffles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rogan's Seat is a remote hill located near East Stonesdale and Gunnerside Gill, in the Yorkshire Dales in England. It is a high expanse of moorland that stretches alongside Swaledale, Swinner Gill and Gunnerside Gill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keld and West Stonesdale.
Keld
Photo: Kreuzschnabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Keld is a tiny village in North Yorkshire, near the head of the valley of the River Swale in the Yorkshire Dales. The river cascades down from the Pennines in a series of waterfalls, and several long-distance hiking trails pass through.
West Stonesdale
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Stonesdale is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. The secluded village is near Keld to the south, Tan Hill to the north and is both 10 miles from Grinton and Askrigg.
Sleightholme
Locality
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sleightholme is a secluded hamlet on a dead end road in County Durham, England. It lies beside Sleightholme Beck, a tributary of the River Greta. The nearest town is Bowes, 4 miles away.
Tan Hill
- Category: landform
- Location: Stainmore, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.456° or 54° 27′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.1611° or 2° 9′ 40″ westElevation
1,726 feet (526 metres)Open location code
9C6VFR4Q+CGOpenStreetMap ID
node 9661068624OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q7682052
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Japanese—“Tan Hill” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Tan Hill (Yorkshire)”
- Danish: “Tan Hill”
- Danish: “Tann Hill (Yorkshire)”
- Danish: “Tann Hill (Yourkshire)”
- Japanese: “タンヒル”
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