Askham
Askham is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is in the historic county of Westmorland. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 360, decreasing slightly to 356 at the 2011 Census.Places of Interest
Highlights include Heughscar Hill and Lowther Castle.
Heughscar Hill
Peak
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Heughscar Hill is a hill in the east of the English Lake District, east of Ullswater and north of High Street, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.
Lowther Castle
Photo: Burtonsi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lowther Castle is a ruined country house in Lowther, Cumbria, England. The estate has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle Ages. Lowther Castle is situated 2½ miles northeast of Askham.
Arthur’s Pike
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arthur's Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, near Ullswater. It is a subsidiary top on the ridge falling north from Loadpot Hill in the Far Eastern Fells. An extensive craggy face stands above the lower reach of Ullswater.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Helton and Pooley Bridge.
Helton
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helton is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about a mile south of the village of Askham. Circa 1870, it had a population of 180 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
Pooley Bridge
Village
Photo: Tony Peacock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pooley Bridge is a village in the Westmorland and Furness of the northwestern English county of Cumbria, within the traditional borders of Westmorland.
Bampton
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bampton is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria, England, on the edge of the Lake District National Park. Bampton is situated 3 miles southeast of Askham.
Askham
- Type: Locality
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.5907° or 54° 35′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.7922° or 2° 47′ 32″ westElevation
1,083 feet (330 metres)Open location code
9C6VH6R5+74GeoNames ID
7298078
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