Seathwaite
Seathwaite is a small hamlet in the Borrowdale civil parish of Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England. It is in the Lake District near Scafell Pike and 8 miles southwest of Keswick at the end of a minor road that heads southwest from the hamlet of Seatoller…| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Allerdale, Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Seathwaite, Cumberland”, “Seathwaite, Cumbria”, and “Seathwite, Allerdale”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Base Brown and Taylor Gill Force.
Base Brown
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Base Brown is a fell in England's Lake District, near the head of the Borrowdale Valley. It forms one side of the Seathwaite Valley, and on the western side it is flanked by the hanging valley of Gillercomb.
Taylor Gill Force
Waterfall
Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Taylor Gill Force is one of the highest waterfalls in the Lake District of England. It is situated in Seathwaite, Allerdale, near Seatoller in Cumbria.
Honister Slate Mine
Photo: michael ely, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Honister Slate Mine in Cumbria is the last working slate mine in England. Quarrying for Westmorland green slate has been taking place in the area since the late 17th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seatoller and Stonethwaite.
Seatoller
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seatoller is a settlement in Borrowdale in the English Lake District. Historically part of Cumberland, it lies on the B5289 road at the east foot of the Honister Pass, and to the south of Derwent Water.
Stonethwaite
Hamlet
Stonethwaite is a small village in the Lake District in the English county of Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, it is situated in the valley of the Stonethwaite Beck, a side valley of Borrowdale, and within the Lake District National Park. Stonethwaite is situated 2 miles northeast of Seathwaite.
Rosthwaite
Village
Photo: Steve Mason, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rosthwaite is a settlement in the Borrowdale parish of Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It is also in Borrowdale in the English Lake District to the south of Derwent Water. Rosthwaite is situated 2 miles northeast of Seathwaite.
Seathwaite
- Category: locality
- Location: Borrowdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.49872° or 54° 29′ 55″ northLongitude
-3.18305° or 3° 10′ 59″ westElevation
456 feet (139 metres)Open location code
9C6RFRX8+FQOpenStreetMap ID
node 5039414664OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to German—“Seathwaite” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “西斯怀特”
- French: “Seathwaite”
- German: “Seathwaite (Borrowdale)”
- German: “Seathwaite”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Seathwaite”. Photo: Antiquary, CC BY 4.0.