River Keer
The River Keer is a river in Northern England. It flows for 10 kilometres through the English counties of Lancashire and Cumbria. For parts of its course, the Keer marks the boundary between Lancashire and Cumbria, as well as the ancient counties of Lancashire and Westmorland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carnforth railway station and Christ Church.
Carnforth railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carnforth is a railway station on the Bentham and Furness Lines, sited 6 miles north of Lancaster, England; it serves the market town of Carnforth, in Lancashire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Warton Crag
Scenic viewpoint
Warton Crag is a limestone hill in north west Lancashire, England. It lies to the north west of Warton village, in City of Lancaster district. At 163 metres it is the highest point in the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is listed as a "HuMP" or "Hundred Metre Prominence", having a "drop" or "prominence" of 126 metres with its parent being Hutton Roof Crags.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carnforth and Borwick.
Carnforth
Photo: Jay Son, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carnforth is a small market town in Lancashire in Northwest England. It's best known for its railway station, location for the 1945 David Lean film Brief Encounter, with the station clock ticking relentlessly to trammel the characters' lives.
Borwick
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Borwick is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England, about 8 miles north of Lancaster, on the Lancaster Canal. Borwick is situated 3 miles northeast of River Keer.
Yealand Storrs
Hamlet
Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yealand Storrs is a hamlet in the English county of Lancashire. Yealand Storrs is situated 3½ miles north of River Keer.
River Keer
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United Kingdom
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover River Keer from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“River Keer” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Keer”
- Cebuano: “River Keer”
- Dutch: “River Keer”
- French: “Keer”
- German: “River Keer”
- Slovenian: “Keer”
- Slovenian: “reka Keer”
- Slovenian: “River Keer”
- Swedish: “River Keer”
- Welsh: “Afon Keer”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Crag Bank and Millhead.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hunting Hill and Warton Crag.
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