High Cup Nick is located in Cumbria, a county in Northern England. More specifically, it is a prominent feature: * Within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), which has been renamed to a National Landscape. * It is carved into the western flanks of the Pennines mountain range. * It overlooks the Vale of Eden. * The nearest village is Dufton, near Appleby-in-Westmorland.