Cross Fell

#2847 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Cross Fell is the highest mountain in the Pennine Hills of Northern England and the highest point in England outside the Lake District. It is located in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It lies within the county of Cumbria and the historic county boundaries of Cumberland. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 2930 ftProminence: 2136 ftCoordinates: 54°42'11"N, 2°29'13"W

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Cross Fell – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ashgill Force, Acorn Bank, High Cup Gill, Great Dun Fell.

5.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Ashgill Force, Alston
150 min walk • Ashgill Force is a waterfall near Alston, Cumbria, England. The fall is located on Ashgill Beck and is reasonably easily accessible from the B6277 or from Garrigill village, downstream of the fall.
5.8 miSW
Garden, Park, Watermill
Acorn Bank
147 min walk • Acorn Bank Garden & Watermill is a National Trust property situated just north of Temple Sowerby, near Penrith, Cumbria, England. The property is noted for its garden, which features herbs — over 250 medicinal and culinary herbs — and orchards with old varieties of English fruit as well as a partially restored watermill.
6.4 miSE
Canyon
High Cup Gill, Appleby in Westmorland
163 min walk • High Cup Gill, almost a geometrically perfect U-shaped chasm, is a valley deeply incised into the Pennine scarp to the northeast of Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria and within the North Pennines AONB in northern England.
1.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Great Dun Fell
50 min walk • At a height of 848 metres, Great Dun Fell is the second-highest mountain in England's Pennines, lying two miles south along the watershed from Cross Fell, its higher neighbour.
~120 ftSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Pennines
1 min walk • The Pennines, also known as the Pennine Chain or Pennine Hills, are a more-or-less continuous range of hills and mountains running between three regions of Northern England: North West England on the west, and North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber on the east.
5 miS
Church
St Cuthbert's Church
129 min walk • St Cuthbert's Church is situated 3⁄4 mile north of the village of Dufton, Cumbria, England. It should not be confused with the nearby St Cuthbert's church, Milburn. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle.
4.9 miS
Natural attraction, Mountain
Dufton Pike
125 min walk • Dufton Pike is a hill in the northern Pennines, in Cumbria, England. It is classed as a Marilyn. It rises above the village of Dufton.