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

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Appleby-in-Westmorland

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The former county town of Westmorland, Appleby-in-Westmorland stands on a loop of the River Eden, with a broad main street running downhill between the castle at the top and St Lawrence’s church at the bottom. It’s best known for the Appleby Horse Fair each June, one of the biggest gatherings of Gypsy and Traveller communities in Europe. Appleby station, on the scenic Settle–Carlisle line, is a few minutes’ walk north of the centre.

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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.

0.2 km W · 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

0.4 km SW

Photo of the Yorkshire Dales, a National Park in England.Iconic

Yorkshire Dales

National Park near Gayle

Limestone country of dry-stone walls, field barns, waterfalls and the Three Peaks.

3.6 km S

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

North Pennines

National Landscape near Wearhead

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

4 km NE

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.

4.5 km N · 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.

7.2 km NE