Discover this waterfall near the source of the River Eden
High up in the vale of Mallerstang, near the source of the Eden, is Hell Gill Force. It’s where Hell Gill Beck turns into the infant river Eden at the bottom of a deep and narrow ravine called Hell Gill.
Hell Gill Force is a single drop fall of around 8m.
The word ‘Hell’ is often associated with watercourses coming out of caves or gorges and may be a reference to Hel or Hela, the Norse goddess of the underworld, realm of the dead. Many of the place names in Mallerstang originate from the time when Viking settlers lived in the dale. The words ‘fell’, ‘gill’, ‘mire’ and ‘tarn’ are Norse.
It is accessible from the road, only 250m away.
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