Howgate Head
Howgate Head is a heath in Hawes, Richmondshire District, England. Howgate Head is situated nearby to the fell West Duerley Pasture, as well as near the heath Green Side.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fleet Moss and Dodd Fell Hill.
Fleet Moss
Fleet Moss is an upland area separating Wharfedale from Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. The area is 1,850 ft above sea level. Fleet Moss is noted for its peat blanket bog, which has been dated to the Neolithic period.Dodd Fell Hill
Peak
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dodd Fell Hill is a hill in the Yorkshire Dales, in North Yorkshire, England. It is classed as a Marilyn and its summit is at 668 metres. The flat summit, known as Dodd Fell Hill, is marked by a concrete trig-point. Dodd Fell Hill is situated 1½ miles southwest of Howgate Head.
Gayle Mill
Photo: Lobsan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gayle Mill, dating from about 1784, is thought to be the oldest structurally unaltered cotton mill in existence. It is located in the Wensleydale hamlet of Gayle, England, 1 mile south of the market town of Hawes. Gayle Mill is situated 2½ miles north of Howgate Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gayle and Marsett.
Gayle
Village
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Gayle is a hamlet 0.4-mile south of Hawes in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. It is noted for the beck that flows through it and the old mill, which featured on the BBC TV programme Restoration. Gayle is situated 2 miles north of Howgate Head.
Marsett
Hamlet
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Marsett is one of three settlements in around Semer Water in Raydale, a small side dale off Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. Marsett is only a hamlet and lies to the south-west of the lake, at a point where a smaller side dale, Bardale, joins Raydale. Marsett is situated 2½ miles east of Howgate Head.
Oughtershaw
Hamlet
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Oughtershaw is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies on a road it shares with other small villages; Deepdale, Yockenthwaite and Hubberholme, which traverses the watershed between Upper Wharfedale\Langstrothdale and Wensleydale over Fleet Moss into Gayle. Oughtershaw is situated 2½ miles south of Howgate Head.
Howgate Head
- Type: Heath
- Location: Hawes, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.26694° or 54° 16′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.20919° or 2° 12′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C6V7Q8R+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
way 531050324OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heath
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Howgate Head and West Duerley Pasture.
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