Ravenglass
Ravenglass is an English coastal village in west Cumbria that lies between Barrow-in-Furness and Whitehaven, on the estuary of three rivers: the Esk, Mite and Irt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rob Noble, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: coastal village and natural harbour in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Ravenglass, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ravenglass railway station and Ravenglass railway station.
Ravenglass railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravenglass is a railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. The station, situated 29+1⁄4 miles north-west of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the village of Ravenglass in Cumbria.
Ravenglass railway station
Railway station
Photo: Keith Burroughs, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravenglass Heritage Railway Station is the western terminus of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway. It is to the east of Ravenglass main line railway station, which is on the Cumbrian Coast Line.
Ravenglass Roman Bath House
Archaeological site
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravenglass Roman Bath House is a ruined ancient Roman bath house at Ravenglass, Cumbria, England. Belonging to a 2nd-century Roman fort and naval base, the bath house is described by Matthew Hyde in his update to the Pevsner Guide to Cumbria as "an astonishing survival".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holmrook and Broad Oak.
Holmrook
Village
Photo: P stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holmrook is a linear village in the English county of Cumbria. It lies along the A595 road on the west banks of the River Irt. The B5344 road connects it to Drigg, with its railway station less than two miles to the west. Holmrook is situated 2 miles north of Ravenglass.
Broad Oak
Hamlet
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broad Oak is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located along the A595 road, 14.4 miles by road south of Egremont. Broad Oak is situated 2 miles southeast of Ravenglass.
Drigg
Village
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drigg is a village on the coast of the Irish Sea in the Cumberland district of the county of Cumbria, England. It borders the Lake District National Park. Next to the village is the site of the UK's low-level radioactive waste storage facility. Drigg is situated 2 miles northwest of Ravenglass.
Ravenglass
- Category: locality
- Location: Muncaster, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.35392° or 54° 21′ 14″ northLongitude
-3.41017° or 3° 24′ 37″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB RGLOpen location code
9C6R9H3Q+HWOpenStreetMap ID
node 5291306321OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2639599Wikidata ID
Q173933
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Ravenglass” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ravenglass”
- Chinese: “雷文格拉斯”
- Dutch: “Ravenglass”
- French: “Ravenglass”
- German: “Ravenglass”
- Irish: “Ravenglass”
- Italian: “Ravenglass”
- Japanese: “ラーベングラス”
- Japanese: “レイヴングラス”
- Persian: “راونگلس”
- Polish: “Ravenglass”
- South Azerbaijani: “راونقلس”
- Swedish: “Ravenglass”
- Welsh: “Ravenglass”
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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 “Ravenglass”. Photo: Rob Noble, CC BY-SA 2.0.