Green Hill (Lancashire)

Green Hill (Lancashire)

Infobox Mountain
Name=Green Hill
Location = Lancashire-Cumbria, ENG
Elevation=628 m (2,060 ft)
Prominence = "c." 420 m
Topographic
OS "Landranger" 98
Grid_ref_UK = SD701820
Listing=Marilyn, county top

Green Hill, is a mountain in north west England. Its summit is convert|628|m|0 above sea level. It is located above Cowan Bridge, Lancashire, between Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria and Ingleton, North Yorkshire. It forms the watershed between the River Dee and the Leck Beck: both are tributaries of the River Lune.

Geography

The highest point of the traditional county of Lancashire is Coniston Old Man, which, together with the rest of Furness became part of Cumbria in 1974. Since then, Green Hill, convert|51|km|0 south of the Old Man, has been cited as the county top for Lancashire, lying on the border with Cumbria. Another candidate for the title of Lancashire county top is Gragareth about convert|2|km|0 southwest of Green Hill. Gragareth's summit trig point, at convert|627|m|0, lies a couple of hundred yards within Lancashire.

Another nearby county top to Green Hill is Whernside, convert|736|m|0, which is the highest point in North Yorkshire.

The summit of Green Hill, apart from being relatively dull, provides many excellent views in all directions ranging from the Howgill Fells and Lakeland fells to the north, the Pennines in the east, and a majority of North Yorkshire to the south.

External links

* [http://bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/marilyns/chapter6.htm Page at BUBL quoting Gragareth] as the highest point in Lancashire


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