Great Stone of Fourstones

The Great Stone of Fourstones, or the Big Stone as it is known locally, is a glacial deposit on the moorlands of Tatham Fells, England, straddling the county border between North Yorkshire and Lancashire, near Bentham in the District of Craven.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bentham railway station and Church of the Good Shepherd.

Bentham railway station

Railway station

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Bentham is a railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between Leeds and Morecambe via Skipton. The station, situated 19 miles east of Lancaster, serves the town of High Bentham and surrounding settlements in North Yorkshire. Bentham railway station is situated 1½ miles north of Great Stone of Fourstones.

Church of the Good Shepherd

Church

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The Church of the Good Shepherd is on Tatham Fell in Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese of Blackburn. Church of the Good Shepherd is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Great Stone of Fourstones.

Bentham Town Hall

Town hall

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Bentham Town Hall, also known as High Bentham Town Hall, is a municipal building in Station Road, High Bentham, a town in North Yorkshire, England. The building currently accommodates Bentham Town Council but is also used as a community events venue and a tourist information office. Bentham Town Hall is situated 2 miles north of Great Stone of Fourstones.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include High Bentham and Low Bentham.

High Bentham

Town

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Bentham is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, with a population of 3,027 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the town High Bentham, occasionally known as Higher Bentham or just Bentham, and the older adjacent village Low Bentham. High Bentham is situated 2 miles north of Great Stone of Fourstones.

Low Bentham

Village

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Bentham is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, with a population of 3,027 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the town High Bentham, occasionally known as Higher Bentham or just Bentham, and the older adjacent village Low Bentham. Low Bentham is situated 2½ miles northwest of Great Stone of Fourstones.

Keasden

Hamlet

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Keasden is a hamlet in the civil parish of Clapham-cum-Newby, in the county of North Yorkshire, in the north-western England. It is about 2 miles to the south west of the village of Clapham and about 5 miles to the east of Bentham. Keasden is situated 3½ miles east of Great Stone of Fourstones.

Great Stone of Fourstones

Type: Stone
Description: glacial erratic in the United Kingdom
Categories: glacial erratic and landform
Location: Bentham, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.09149° or 54° 5′ 29″ north

Longitude

-2.50645° or 2° 30′ 23″ west

Open location code

9C6V3FRV+HC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 906127688

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=stone

Wikidata ID

Q1544369

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Great Stone of Fourstones” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Great Stone of Fourstones”
German: “Great Stone of Fourstones”

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