Cowside

Cowside is a heath in Malham Moor, Craven District, England. Cowside is situated nearby to the heath Freer Hood, as well as near the meadow New Pasture.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Malham Tarn and Fountains Fell.

Malham Tarn

Lake

Photo: Dbenbenn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Malham Tarn is a glacial lake near the village of Malham in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The lake is one of only eight upland alkaline lakes in Europe.

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 2½ miles northwest of Cowside.

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 2 miles northwest of Cowside.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Malham Cove and Arncliffe.

Malham Cove

Locality

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Malham Cove is a large curved limestone formation 0.6 miles north of the village of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It was formed by a waterfall carrying meltwater from glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age more than 12,000 years ago. Malham Cove is situated 3 miles south of Cowside.

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 northeast of Cowside.

Hesleden

Hamlet

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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. Hesleden is situated 3½ miles north of Cowside.

Cowside

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

54.1163° or 54° 6′ 59″ north

Longitude

-2.16967° or 2° 10′ 11″ west

Open location code

9C6V4R8J+G4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 643471266

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=heath

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