High Rigg

High Rigg is a heath in Hawes, Richmondshire District, England. High Rigg is situated nearby to the nature reserve High Pasture, as well as near Seavy Quarry.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dales Countryside Museum and Gayle Mill.

Dales Countryside Museum

Museum

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The Dales Countryside Museum is a local museum which also functions as a visitor centre for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Northern England. Run by the National Park Authority, it tells the story of the people who have lived and worked in the Yorkshire Dales for over a 1,000 years. Dales Countryside Museum is situated 1¼ miles northwest of High Rigg.

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 1½ miles west of High Rigg.

St Margaret’s Church

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Margaret's Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Hawes, North Yorkshire. St Margaret’s Church is situated 1½ miles northwest of High Rigg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burtersett and Gayle.

Burtersett

Hamlet

Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Burtersett is a small village in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies approximately 1 mile east from Hawes and Gayle. The village is known for its former quarrying industry and being the seat of the Hillary family.

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.

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 1½ miles southeast of High Rigg.

High Rigg

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

54.29226° or 54° 17′ 32″ north

Longitude

-2.16708° or 2° 10′ 2″ west

Open location code

9C6V7RRM+W5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 531186312

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=heath

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