Water Wheel Pit
Water Wheel Pit is a ruins in Forest and Frith, County Durham, England. Water Wheel Pit is situated nearby to Green Hurth lead mine and ore works, as well as near Old Reservoir.- Type: Ruins
- Description: architectural structure in Forest and Frith, County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “waterwheel pit”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harwood and High Cup Gill.
Harwood
Hamlet
Harwood is a small valley and village near the head of Teesdale. Harwood Beck is a tributary of the River Tees in County Durham which forms a short valley, and the village is made of the scattered houses and farms which run the length of the valley. Harwood is situated 2½ miles east of Water Wheel Pit.
High Cup Gill
Locality
Photo: Douglal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
High Cup Gill, almost a geometrically perfect U-shaped chasm, is a valley deeply incised into the Pennine scarp to the northeast of Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria and within the North Pennines AONB in northern England. High Cup Gill is situated 4½ miles southwest of Water Wheel Pit.
Langdon Beck
Hamlet
Langdon Beck is a hamlet in the civil parish of Forest and Frith, in County Durham, England. It is situated in upper Teesdale, between Forest-in-Teesdale and Harwood, halfway between Penrith and Durham. Langdon Beck is situated 4½ miles east of Water Wheel Pit.
Water Wheel Pit
- Categories: architectural structure and historic site
- Location: Forest and Frith, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.68782° or 54° 41′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.34487° or 2° 20′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C6VMMQ4+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 529631823OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q26655257
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