Castle Crags
Castle Crags is a castle in Bampton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Castle Crags is situated nearby to the locality Mardale, as well as near the peak Kidsty Pike.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kidsty Pike and High Raise.
Kidsty Pike
Peak
Photo: Kreuzschnabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kidsty Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, standing to the west of Haweswater Reservoir. It is a subsidiary top of Rampsgill Head, but has long achieved the status of a separate fell, thanks to its classic peaked profile.
High Raise
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
High Raise is a fell in the English Lake District, standing to the west of Haweswater Reservoir in the Far Eastern Fells. Note that another High Raise is the highpoint of the Central Fells.
Branstree
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Branstree is a fell in the Far Eastern part of the English Lake District. It overlooks the valley of Mardale and Haweswater Reservoir. Branstree is situated 2 miles south of Castle Crags.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mardale and Hartsop.
Mardale
Locality
Mardale is a glacial valley in the Lake District, in northern England. The valley used to have a hamlet at its head, called Mardale Green, but this village was submerged in the late 1930s when the water level of the valley's lake, Haweswater, was raised to form Haweswater Reservoir by Manchester Corporation.
Hartsop
Hamlet
Photo: Ericoides, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hartsop is a small village in the English Lake District. It lies in the Patterdale valley, near Brothers Water, Hayeswater and Kirkstone Pass. It consists of 17th-century grey stone cottages, like so many of its neighbours. Hartsop is situated 4 miles west of Castle Crags.
Bampton
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bampton is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria, England, on the edge of the Lake District National Park. Bampton is situated 4½ miles northeast of Castle Crags.
Castle Crags
- Type: Castle
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Bampton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.50746° or 54° 30′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.82127° or 2° 49′ 17″ westElevation
1,240 feet (378 metres)Open location code
9C6VG54H+XFGeoNames ID
6287849
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