Portinscale
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Tim riley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 560 residents
- Description: village in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Portinscale, Cumbria”
Photo: Tim riley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Tim riley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Derwent Pencil Museum and St Kentigern’s Church, Crosthwaite.
Derwent Pencil Museum
Museum
Photo: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Derwent Pencil Museum is a museum dedicated to the manufacturing and history of pencils, located in Keswick, in the north-west of England.
St Kentigern’s Church, Crosthwaite
Church
Photo: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crosthwaite Parish Church is a church at Great Crosthwaite on the outskirts of Keswick in Cumbria, England. It is dedicated to St Kentigern and is the Anglican church of the parish of Crosthwaite.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Crosthwaite and Keswick.
Great Crosthwaite
Suburb
Great Crosthwaite is a suburb of Keswick in the Lake District, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England.
Keswick
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Keswick is the northern tourist hub of the Lake District National Park and is a favourite base for serious walkers and climbers, artists and photographers, and anyone who enjoys mountain and lake scenery.
Braithwaite
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Portinscale
- Category: locality
- Location: Above Derwent, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.60178° or 54° 36′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.16332° or 3° 9′ 48″ westPopulation
560Elevation
308 feet (94 metres)Open location code
9C6RJR2P+PMOpenStreetMap ID
node 29368446OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7288051Wikidata ID
Q7231831
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Satellite Map
Discover Portinscale from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Portinscale” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Portinscale”
- Dutch: “Portinscale”
- French: “Portinscale”
- Irish: “Portinscale”
- Polish: “Portinscale”
- Spanish: “Portinscale”
- Swedish: “Portinscale”
- Welsh: “Portinscale”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ullock Moss and Ullock.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Portinscale Village Hall and Derwentwater Marina.
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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 “Portinscale”. Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.