Whinfell
Whinfell is a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It does not have a parish council but a parish meeting. The parish lies north east of Kendal, between the A6 and the A685.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 182 residents
- Description: civil parish in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England
- Also known as: “Whinfell (civil parish), Cumbria” and “Whinfell, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whinfell Beacon and Docker Viaduct.
Whinfell Beacon
Peak
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Whinfell Beacon is a hill of 472 metres in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, to the east of the Lake District. It is in the far east of the Lake District National Park since the national park's expansion in 2019.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grayrigg and Selside.
Grayrigg
Village
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Grayrigg is a small village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 223, increasing at the 2011 census to 242.
Selside
Village
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Selside is a small village in rural Cumbria, England, about 6 miles north of Kendal, close to the A6 road. It is now in the civil parish of Selside and Fawcett Forest, though it was formerly in the parish of Kendal. Selside is situated 2 miles west of Whinfell.
Skelsmergh
Hamlet
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Skelsmergh is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg, in Westmorland and Furness in rural Cumbria, England, about 4 miles north of Kendal, on the A6 road. Skelsmergh is situated 3½ miles southwest of Whinfell.
Whinfell
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Whinfell” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Whinfell”
- Chinese: “Whinfell”
- Chinese: “文菲尔”
- Dutch: “Whinfell”
- French: “Whinfell”
- Irish: “Whinfell”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Whinfell”
- Polish: “Whinfell”
- Swedish: “Whinfell”
- Turkish: “Whinfell”
- “Whinfell”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Castle Fell and Mabbin Crag.
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