Cow Close

Cow Close is a heath in Litton, Craven District, England. Cow Close is situated nearby to the heath Three Nooks, as well as near Gelders Pasture.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fountains Fell and Giants’ Graves.

Fountains Fell

Peak

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Fountains Fell is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The main summit has a height of 668 metres and a relative height or topographic prominence of 243 metres and thus qualifies as a Marilyn. Fountains Fell is situated 1½ miles southwest of Cow Close.

Giants’ Graves

Archaeological site

Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Giants’ Graves is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles west of Cow Close.

Fountains Fell Tarn

Pond

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Fountains Fell Tarn, is an upland lake between the two peaks of Fountains Fell, in North Yorkshire, England. The tarn is close to the Pennine Way, some 4.3 miles north west of Malham Tarn, and 4.3 miles east of Horton in Ribblesdale. Fountains Fell Tarn is situated 1½ miles southwest of Cow Close.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hesleden and Foxup.

Hesleden

Hamlet

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hesleden is a hamlet in Littondale in the Yorkshire Dales in England. It lies within the civil parish of Halton Gill in the county of North Yorkshire. Nether Hesleden is 1.1 miles west of Litton, and Upper Hesleden is a further 1.4 miles west, on the road from Halton Gill to Stainforth.

Foxup

Hamlet

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Foxup is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is near Halton Gill and Litton and is 13 miles north west of Grassington. Foxup is situated 2 miles northwest of Cow Close.

Arncliffe

Village

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Arncliffe is a small village and civil parish in Littondale, one of the Yorkshire Dales in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Littondale is a small valley beside Upper Wharfedale, 3 miles beyond Kilnsey and its famous crag. Arncliffe is situated 3 miles east of Cow Close.

Cow Close

Type: Heath
Location: Litton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.1581° or 54° 9′ 29″ north

Longitude

-2.18105° or 2° 10′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C6V5R59+6H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 498366741

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=heath

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