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.

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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

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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″ north

Longitude

-3.08656° or 3° 5′ 12″ west

Elevation

184 feet (56 metres)

Open location code

9C6R7WX7+79

OpenStreetMap ID

node 691731760

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

6930384

Wikidata ID

Q18353207

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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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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Oak Haw Wood and River Crake.

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