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Hen Comb

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Hen Comb is a 506-metre hill in Cumbria. It is listed among the 214 Wainwrights — the Lake District fells of Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides. It stands inside the Lake District National Park.

For more of the same, Gavel Fell and Mellbreak are close by. The nearest railway station is Corkickle, 15.4 km to the west.

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