River Leven
The River Leven is a short river in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, falling within the historic boundaries of Lancashire. It drains Windermere from its southernmost point and flows for approximately 8 miles into the northern reaches of Morecambe Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: River
- Description: river in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Leven” and “River Leven, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Haverthwaite railway station and Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway.
Haverthwaite railway station
Railway station
Photo: bayphotographic, CC BY 2.0.
Haverthwaite railway station is the western terminus of the preserved Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway; it serves the village of Haverthwaite, in Cumbria, England.
Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway is a 3.2-mile-long heritage railway in Cumbria, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenodd and Bouth.
Greenodd
Village
Photo: Yohan euan o4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Greenodd is a village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, 3 miles north-east of Ulverston. At the northern end of the Furness peninsula, it was historically part of Lancashire.
Bouth
Village
Photo: Ian Barker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bouth is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historically, it was part of the county of Lancashire. It is within the Lake District National Park.
Backbarrow
Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Backbarrow is a village in the Lake District National Park in England. It lies on the River Leven about 5 miles northeast of Ulverston in Furness in the county of Cumbria.
River Leven
- Category: body of water
- Location: Haverthwaite, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.24005° or 54° 14′ 24″ northLongitude
-3.02261° or 3° 1′ 21″ westElevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9C6R6XRG+2XOpenStreetMap ID
way 77377797OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
2644574Wikidata ID
Q1650512
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“River Leven” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Leven”
- Cebuano: “River Leven”
- Chinese: “利文河口”
- Dutch: “River Leven”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ليڤين”
- French: “Leven”
- German: “Leven”
- Italian: “Leven”
- Persian: “رود لون”
- Slovenian: “Leven”
- Slovenian: “reka Leven”
- Slovenian: “River Leven”
- Swedish: “Leven, Cumbria”
- Swedish: “Leven”
- Swedish: “River Leven (vattendrag i Storbritannien, England)”
- Welsh: “Afon Leven”
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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 “River Leven”. Photo: Yohan euan o4, CC BY-SA 3.0.