Brigsteer
Brigsteer is a village in Cumbria, England. On 1 August 2016 it was included in the Lake District National Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Brigsteer, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St John and Sizergh.
Sizergh
Castle
Photo: Ian Knox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sizergh Castle is a stately home with garden and estate at Helsington in Cumbria, England, about 4 miles south of Kendal. Located in historic Westmorland, the castle is a Grade I listed building. Sizergh is situated 1½ miles southeast of Brigsteer.
Alavana
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alavana was a name tentatively applied to the ruins of a Roman fort at Watercrook about 2 mi south of Kendal in Cumbria, for which the Roman name Medibogdo is a perfect fit to its river-bend position. Alavana is situated 2 miles east of Brigsteer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cotes and Underbarrow.
Cotes
Hamlet
Photo: David Seale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cotes is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. Cotes is situated 1½ miles south of Brigsteer.
Underbarrow
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Underbarrow is a small village in Cumbria, England, located 3 miles west of Kendal. The village is in the Lake District National Park. It is in the civil parish of Underbarrow and Bradleyfield, in Westmorland and Furness district, and has a parish council. Underbarrow is situated 2 miles northwest of Brigsteer.
Levens
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Levens is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria. It lies within the historic county of Westmorland. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,007, increasing at the 2011 census to 1,049. Levens is situated 2 miles south of Brigsteer.
Brigsteer
- Category: locality
- Location: Helsington, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.29891° or 54° 17′ 56″ northLongitude
-2.80114° or 2° 48′ 4″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Open location code
9C6V75XX+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 29670540OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Brigsteer” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Brigsteer”
- French: “Brigsteer”
- Irish: “Brigsteer”
- Polish: “Brigsteer”
- Welsh: “Brigsteer”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Helsington Barrows and Hodgson’s Leap.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brigsteer Village Hall and Barrowfield Wood.
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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 “Brigsteer”. Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.