Claife
Claife is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority of Cumbria, England. It is situated west of Windermere, and east of Esthwaite Water and the village of Hawkshead.Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality with 284 residents
- Description: civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Claife (civil parish), Cumbria” and “Claife, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hill Top and Esthwaite Water.
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.
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, historically part of Lancashire.
Belle Isle
Islet
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belle Isle is the largest of 18 islands on Windermere, a mere in the English Lake District, and the only one ever to have been inhabited. It is 1 km in length.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowness-on-Windermere and Hawkshead.
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
Photo: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hawkshead is a picturesque village in Lake District National Park. It is the smallest true town in Britain.
Windermere
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Windermere is a town of 4,800 people in Cumbria. Tourism is popular in the town, owing to its proximity to the lake and local scenery. Boats from the piers in Bowness sail around the lake, many calling at Ambleside or at Lakeside where there is a restored railway.
Claife
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Claife from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Claife” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Claife”
- Chinese: “Claife”
- Dutch: “Claife”
- French: “Claife”
- Irish: “Claife”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Claife”
- Polish: “Claife”
- Swedish: “Claife”
- Turkish: “Claife”
- “Claife”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Town End and Colthouse.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Claife Heights and Latterbarrow.
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