Bleakham Hills

Bleakham Hills is a locality in Mallerstang, Westmorland and Furness, England. Bleakham Hills is situated nearby to the locality Bleakham Fold, as well as near High Brae.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pendragon Castle and High Seat.

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.

High Seat

Peak

Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

High Seat is a fell in the dale of Mallerstang, Cumbria. With a summit at 709 metres, it is the fourth highest fell in the Yorkshire Dales after Whernside, Ingleborough and Great Shunner Fell.

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. Gregory Chapel is situated 2 miles south of Bleakham Hills.

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.

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 4 miles northwest of Bleakham Hills.

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 4 miles south of Bleakham Hills.

Bleakham Hills

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

54.42261° or 54° 25′ 21″ north

Longitude

-2.31093° or 2° 18′ 39″ west

Open location code

9C6VCMFQ+2J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9727121962

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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