Above Derwent
Above Derwent is a civil parish in Cumbria, England, to the west of Derwentwater and Keswick. It lies entirely within the Lake District National Park. At the 2011 Census the parish had a population of 1,198 in 514 households, a small decrease from the 2001 figure of 1,207 living in 516 households.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 1,080 residents
- Description: civil parish in Cumbria, UK
- Also known as: “Above Derwent (civil parish), Cumbria” and “Above Derwent, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Causey Pike and Cat Bells.
Causey Pike
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Causey Pike is a fell in the English Lake District. It is situated in the Newlands Valley, 5 kilometres south-west of the town of Keswick. Even though it has a modest height of 637 metres it is one of the most distinctive fells when viewed from the Derwent Water and Keswick area due to its distinguishing summit "knobble" which catches the eye.
Cat Bells
Peak
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cat Bells is a fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria. It has a height of 451 metres and is one of the most popular fells in the area.
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 Keswick and Portinscale.
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.
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.
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.
Above Derwent
- Category: civil parish
- Location: Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Above Derwent” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “এবাভ ডারওয়েন্ট”
- Cebuano: “Above Derwent”
- Chinese: “Above Derwent”
- Chinese: “阿包夫德尔文特”
- Chinese: “阿包夫德爾文特”
- Danish: “Above Derwent”
- Dutch: “Above Derwent”
- French: “Above Derwent”
- German: “Above Derwent”
- Gujarati: “અબોવ ડર્વેન્ટ”
- Irish: “Above Derwent”
- Japanese: “アバブ・ダーウェント”
- Kannada: “ಎಬೋವ್ ಡರ್ವಂಟ್”
- Korean: “어보브 데어웬트”
- Lithuanian: “Abav Derventas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Above Derwent”
- Polish: “Above Derwent”
- Portuguese: “Above Derwent”
- Russian: “Абов-Дервент”
- Spanish: “Above Derwent”
- Swedish: “Above Derwent”
- Tamil: “அபவ் டெரவெண்ட்”
- Telugu: “ఆబో డేర్వెంట”
- Turkish: “Above Derwent”
- Urdu: “ابوو دیروینت”
- “Above Derwent”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Newlands and How.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stile End and Rowling End.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Above Derwent”. Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.