Penyghent Fell
Penyghent Fell is a heath in Halton Gill, Craven District, England. Penyghent Fell is situated nearby to the ruins Shooting House, as well as near the archaeological site Giants’ Graves.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pen-y-ghent and Giants’ Graves.
Pen-y-ghent
Peak
Photo: Tim Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen-y-ghent or Penyghent is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is the lowest of Yorkshire's Three Peaks at 2,277 feet; the other two being Ingleborough and Whernside.
Giants’ Graves
Archaeological site
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Giants’ Graves is an archaeological site, which is situated 2,400 feet east of Penyghent Fell.
Plover Hill
Peak
Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plover Hill is an area of moorland lying to the north of Pen-y-ghent in the Yorkshire Dales and connected to it by an unbroken area of high ground. Whilst the whole area is now "open access land", the main right-of-way footpaths come directly from the north off Foxup Road and directly from the south from the summit of Pen-y-ghent.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brackenbottom and Foxup.
Brackenbottom
Hamlet
Brackenbottom is a hamlet in Ribblesdale, near to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is the location of the headquarters of Bradford Potholing Club who own a bunkhouse in the village. Brackenbottom is situated 2 miles southwest of Penyghent Fell.
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 2½ miles northeast of Penyghent Fell.
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. Hesleden is situated 2½ miles east of Penyghent Fell.
Penyghent Fell
- Type: Heath
- Location: Halton Gill, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.15774° or 54° 9′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.23148° or 2° 13′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C6V5Q59+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 691013002OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heath
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