Nibthwaite
Nibthwaite is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria in the northwest of England. It is in the civil parish of Colton, and on the east side of Coniston Water.Photo: Peter Bond, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “High Nibthwaite”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Peel Island and Top o’Selside.
Peel Island
Island
Peel Island is one of the three islands of Coniston Water in the English Lake District, Cumbria. The two others are Fir Island and Oak Island. It is most famous for being one of the inspirations for Arthur Ransome's Wild Cat Island.
Top o’Selside
Peak
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Top o'Selside is a hill in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. At 335 metres, it is the highest point of the group of hills situated between Coniston Water and Windermere. Top o’Selside is situated 1½ miles northeast of Nibthwaite.
Blawith Knott
Peak
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blawith Knott is a hill in the south of the English Lake District, near Woodland, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Blawith Knott is situated 2 miles southwest of Nibthwaite.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bandrake Head and Oxen Park.
Bandrake Head
Hamlet
Photo: Yohan euan o4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bandrake Head is a village in Cumbria, England. Bandrake Head is situated 2 miles southeast of Nibthwaite.
Oxen Park
Village
Photo: Yohan euan o4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oxen Park is a hamlet in the English county of Cumbria. Oxen Park lies on the watershed between Rusland and Colton Beck valleys in Westmorland and Furness, and is part of the greater Lake District region. Oxen Park is situated 2 miles southeast of Nibthwaite.
Rusland
Village
Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rusland is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is located just to the southwest of Crosslands in the civil parish of Colton. The writer Arthur Ransome is buried in the churchyard of the parish church. Rusland is situated 3 miles east of Nibthwaite.
Nibthwaite
- Category: locality
- Location: Colton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.29819° or 54° 17′ 54″ northLongitude
-3.08656° or 3° 5′ 12″ westElevation
184 feet (56 metres)Open location code
9C6R7WX7+79OpenStreetMap ID
node 691731760OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Nibthwaite” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Nibthwaite”
- French: “Nibthwaite”
- Irish: “Nibthwaite”
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