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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of the Good Shepherd and Bentham railway station.
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 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.
Bentham Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Christine Johnstone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Low Bentham is a village, which 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″ northLongitude
-2.50645° or 2° 30′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C6V3FRV+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 906127688OpenStreetMap feature
natural=stoneWikidata 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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