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Dufton Pike

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Dufton Pike is a 481-metre summit in Cumbria. It is one of the 1,546 Marilyns — British hills with at least 150 m of drop on every side. It is one of 436 hills the Albion Guide charts in Cumbria. It stands within the North Pennines National Landscape.

Appleby Station is 6.1 km away to the south. Nearby hills include Backstone Edge, Knock Fell and Great Dun Fell.

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Photo of High Cup Nick, the glacial valley cut into the North Pennines escarpment, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

North Pennines

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Wearhead

England's high, quiet backbone of moorland tops, waterfalls and old lead-mining dales, designated in 1988

Photo along the Pennine Way, a 268-mile National Trail running from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, England and Scotland.Highlight

Pennine Way

National Trail

The first and toughest of them all — 268 miles along England's rocky spine from the Peak to the Cheviots.

0.9 km W · spans 8 counties

Photo: High Cup Nick, a viewpoint near Dufton in the North Pennines, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

High Cup Nick

Viewpoint near Dufton

A glacial chasm bitten clean out of the Pennine scarp, rimmed with columns of Whin Sill dolerite — the Pennine Way walks straight along its northern lip.

4 km E

Photo of the River Eden, a 90-mile river running from Mallerstang to Solway Firth, north west England.Highlight

River Eden

River

Cumbria's great river, running north from the Mallerstang fells through red sandstone country and Carlisle to the Solway.

5.8 km SW · Cumbria

Photo of Appleby-in-Westmorland, a village in Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Appleby-in-Westmorland

Village

Former county town on a loop of the Eden, a broad main street between castle and church, host to the June horse fair.

6.4 km S · Cumbria

Photo of Appleby Castle, a ruined castle near Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, north west England.

Appleby Castle

Castle near Appleby-in-Westmorland

Appleby Castle, uninhabited portions

6.8 km S