Brough Sowerby
Parish in Westmorland and Furness, England
| Coordinates: | 54.511, -2.313 |
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| OS grid ref: | NY 79 12 |
The small civil parish of Brough Sowerby sits in rural Westmorland and Furness in northern England, a few miles from the market towns of Brough and Kirkby Stephen on the edge of the Pennines. It occupies a quietly scenic spot of rolling pasture, drystone walls and narrow lanes that feels very much part of the Eden valley hinterland.
Locally the economy is largely agricultural with a scattering of traditional stone farmsteads, holiday lets and households that commute to nearby towns; walkers and cyclists value the network of rights of way and upland views. There is a small, close-knit community and a sense of continuity in the landscape, where historic field patterns and farm buildings hint at centuries of rural life rather than dramatic modern change.
Postcode districts covering Brough Sowerby
Most populated places nearby
Neighbouring places
- Brough Built-up area 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Kaber Parish 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Winton Parish 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Helbeck Parish 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Stainmore Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Musgrave Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Hartley Parish 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Kirkby Stephen Built-up area 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Appleby and Brough Ward 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Warcop Built-up area 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Waitby Parish 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Soulby Parish 4 miles6.4 km
Example postcodes in Brough Sowerby
Transport links
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 35.4 miles57 km
- Newcastle International Airport 44 miles70.8 km
- Warcop Railway Station 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Kirkby Stephen Station 4.5 miles7.2 km
Hotels near Brough Sowerby Ad
- Wilding Hotel 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Augill Castle 4 0.7 miles1.2 km
- The King's Head 7.1 miles11.4 km
- The Pennine Inn 3 miles4.8 km
- Appleby Manor Hotel & Garden Spa 4 8.1 miles13 km
- Appleby Castle 8.3 miles13.3 km
- Tufton Arms Hotel 8.5 miles13.7 km
Local points of interest
- Lune Forest Forest 5.6 miles9 km
- Moor House Nature Reserve Nature reserve 12.1 miles19.5 km
- Fors Abbey Historic site 16.1 miles25.9 km
- Eggleston Abbey Archaeological site 16.2 miles26 km
- Old Park Country house 17.5 miles28.1 km
- Dent Head Hill 17.9 miles28.7 km
- Lowther Castle Estate 17.9 miles28.9 km
- Streatlam Castle Estate 18.3 miles29.4 km
- Brocavum Archaeological site 19 miles30.5 km
- Brougham Castle Archaeological site 19 miles30.6 km