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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.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Lartington
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Lartington
Lartington works well as a base: 5 minutes from Barnard Castle, 20km from Swaledale.
Lartington is in England, United Kingdom. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Barnard Castle, about 4 km away.
Lartington is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) west of the town of Barnard Castle, in Teesdale, in the Pennines of England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 135.
Lartington is historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural DistrictRead more
it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.
The parish is notable for Lartington Hall, the seat of the Roman Catholic Maire family. Lartington railway station was on the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, which is now abandoned. It opened in 1861 and closed in 1962.
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What is there to see near Lartington?
Within an hour or so of Lartington: Tan Hill Inn (16 km), Low Force, Teesdale (16 km), High Force Waterfall (17 km), High Force (17 km).
Are there any good drives near Lartington?
The nearest famous roads are B6270 Swaledale, Buttertubs Pass and A684 Wensleydale (Sedbergh to Leyburn).
Where is Lartington?
Lartington is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Barnard Castle.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 0
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 54.5541, -1.9724
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Lartington
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
waterfall
Low Force, Teesdale
A set of broad falls on the Tees above Bowlees, crossed by the Wynch Bridge, an early chain suspension footbridge.
16 km · about 30 min drive
waterfall
High Force Waterfall
England's largest waterfall by volume, plunging 21 metres over the Whin Sill escarpment in a cloud of spray in Upper Teesdale.
17 km · about 20 min drive
waterfall
High Force
A 21m waterfall where the Tees drops over the Whin Sill dolerite, one of England's most powerful falls.
17 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
Swaledale
The most northerly and arguably wildest of the Yorkshire Dales, lined with drystone walls, stone field barns and lead-mining remains.
20 km · about 25 min drive
famous road
B6270 Swaledale
The narrow dale road from Richmond to Nateby past Gunnerside and Keld, drystone walls and barns the whole way.
21 km · about 25 min drive
castle
Richmond Castle
One of the oldest stone-built Norman fortresses in England, its great keep standing above the River Swale and the market town of Richmond.
23 km · about 25 min drive
mountain pass
Buttertubs Pass
A high, narrow Dales road over the moors, named for deep limestone potholes and ranked among Britain's best drives.
26 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Lartington
- 21 kmB6270 SwaledaleThe narrow dale road from Richmond to Nateby past Gunnerside and Keld, drystone walls and barns the whole way.
- 26 kmButtertubs PassA high, narrow Dales road over the moors, named for deep limestone potholes and ranked among Britain's best drives.
- 29 kmHigh Cup NickA perfect U-shaped glacial valley in the North Pennines rimmed by dolerite columns, reached by a walk from Dufton.
- 32 kmA684 Wensleydale (Sedbergh to Leyburn)A flowing dales road along the Ure past Hawes, linking to Buttertubs and the Ribblehead country.
- 34 kmA689 Alston to Stanhope (Weardale)A remote high Pennine road over Killhope with wide moorland views and almost no traffic; England's highest market town at one end.
- 42 kmHartside Pass (A686)Voted one of Britain's best drives - a sweeping climb to 580m out of the Eden Valley with a panorama to the Lake District and the Solway.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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