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Tan Hill Inn
Britain's highest pub at 1,732 feet in the Yorkshire Dales, a remote and atmospheric destination for drivers and walkers braving the wild moorland roads.
14 km · about 25 min drive
England, United Kingdom · Europe
Kirkby Stephen works well as a base: 30 minutes from Appleby-in-Westmorland, 30km from Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Kirkby Stephen is a town located in England, United Kingdom. With a population of 1,522, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Kirkby Stephen () is a market town and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It lies on the A685 and is surrounded by sparsely populated hill country, about 25 miles (40 km) from the nearest larger towns, Kendal and Penrith. The River Eden rises 6 miles (10 km) away in the peat bogs below Hugh Seat and passes the easternRead more
edge of the town. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,832. In 2011, it had a population of 1,822.
The name Kirkby derives from the Old Norse kirkju-býr meaning 'village with a church'. The Stephen part of the name is thought to derive from either the church (which may have previously been dedicated to St Stephen) or from a medieval abbot called Stephen.
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Kirkby Stephen is located in England, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 54.4723 latitude, -2.3487 longitude.
Kirkby Stephen has a population of approximately 1,522 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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cafe
Britain's highest pub at 1,732 feet in the Yorkshire Dales, a remote and atmospheric destination for drivers and walkers braving the wild moorland roads.
14 km · about 25 min drive
mountain pass
A high, narrow Dales road over the moors, named for deep limestone potholes and ranked among Britain's best drives.
19 km · about 20 min drive
waterfall
England's largest waterfall by volume, plunging 21 metres over the Whin Sill escarpment in a cloud of spray in Upper Teesdale.
24 km · about 25 min drive
national park
Classic English countryside with limestone pavements, waterfalls, and stone-walled valleys.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Magnificent Victorian railway viaduct with 24 arches striding across the bleak moorland of the Yorkshire Dales, an engineering marvel of the 1870s.
30 km · about 35 min drive
waterfall
A triple flight of broad waterfalls stepping through Wensleydale woodland, a tranquil Dales detour.
30 km · about 35 min drive
cafe
A remote hilltop cafe at 1,904 feet on the A686 in Cumbria, one of England's highest road cafes and a bucket-list stop for bikers.
31 km · about 35 min drive
mountain pass
The A686's grand sweep over the North Pennines between Penrith and Alston, climbing to 580m through wide hairpins with views across the Eden Valley to the Lake District fells. A celebrated drivers' and bikers' road.
31 km · about 35 min drive
April to October
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