Braithwaite
Braithwaite is a village in the northern Lake District, in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies just to the west of Keswick and to the east of the Grisedale Pike ridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 342 residents
- Description: village in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Braithwaite, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Herbert’s Church, Braithwaite and Swinside.
Swinside
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Swinside is a hill in the northwestern area of the English Lake District. It is small, wooded and surrounded by much bigger and more popular fells, meaning it is often overlooked.
Barrow
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barrow is a small fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria which reaches a height of 455 metres. It is in the Newlands Valley 2.5 miles south-west of Keswick.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portinscale and Thornthwaite.
Portinscale
Village
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portinscale is a village in Cumbria, England, close to the western shore of Derwentwater in the Lake District National Park 1+1⁄2 miles from Keswick. For administrative purposes, Portinscale lies within the civil parish of Above Derwent, the unitary authority of Cumberland, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria.
Thornthwaite
Village
Photo: Trevor Littlewood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it is just off the A66 road, south of Bassenthwaite Lake and within the Lake District National Park.
Stair
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stair is a village in Cumbria, England. It is situated in the Newlands Valley, to the west of Derwent Water and within the Lake District National Park.
Braithwaite
- Category: locality
- Location: Above Derwent, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.6019° or 54° 36′ 7″ northLongitude
-3.19032° or 3° 11′ 25″ westPopulation
342Elevation
305 feet (93 metres)Open location code
9C6RJR25+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 4561613919OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2654937Wikidata ID
Q897465
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Braithwaite” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Braithwaite”
- Chinese: “佈雷斯韋特”
- Chinese: “布雷斯韦特”
- Dutch: “Braithwaite”
- French: “Braithwaite”
- German: “Braithwaite (Cumbria)”
- German: “Braithwaite”
- Irish: “Braithwaite”
- Japanese: “ブレイスウェイト”
- Polish: “Braithwaite”
- Welsh: “Braithwaite”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Low Bridge and Braithwaite CofE Primary School.
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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 “Braithwaite”. Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.