Hawkshead
Hawkshead is a picturesque village in Lake District National Park. It is the smallest true town in Britain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Esthwaite Water and Hill Top.
Esthwaite Water
Lake
Esthwaite Water is one of the smaller and lesser known lakes in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is situated between the much larger lakes of Windermere and Coniston Water in the Furness area.
Hill Top
Photo: Chris Brown, CC BY 2.0.
Hill Top is a 17th-century house in Near Sawrey near Hawkshead, in the English county of Cumbria. It is an example of Lakeland vernacular architecture with random stone walls and slate roof.
Hawkshead Grammar School
Museum
Photo: FFNick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hawkshead Grammar School in Hawkshead, Cumbria, England was founded in 1585 by Archbishop Edwin Sandys, the incumbent Archbishop of York, whose family came from the Hawkshead area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coniston and Bowness-on-Windermere.
Coniston
Photo: Tompage02, Public domain.
Coniston is a picturesque lakeside village in the Lake District National Park. Coniston sits next to Coniston Water, the Lake District's third largest lake is the home to many attempts at the world water speed record.
Bowness-on-Windermere
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bowness-on-Windermere is the main tourist centre for the South Lakes area of Lake District National Park. It sits on the shore of Windermere lake within the boundaries of the historic County of Westmorland. In 2011, it had about 3,800 permanent residents.
Hawkshead
- Type: Locality
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.3721° or 54° 22′ 19″ northLongitude
-3.0021° or 3° 0′ 8″ westElevation
341 feet (104 metres)Open location code
9C6R9XCX+R5GeoNames ID
7296223
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