Whitwell and Selside

Places of Interest

Potter Fell

Peak

Photo: David Edgar, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Potter Fell is a fell near the villages of Burneside and Staveley, Cumbria, England, reaching a maximum height of 1,400 feet at Brunt Knott. Alfred Wainwright in his The Outlying Fells of Lakeland identifies four summits on Potter Fell: Brunt Knott, Ulgraves and two unnamed summits, all of which are thus recognised by the Database of British and Irish Hills. Potter Fell is situated 2½ miles west of Whitwell and Selside.

Middle Taggleshaw

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

High Taggleshaw

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Selside

Village

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Burneside

Village

Photo: Ryan Postlethwaite, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Burneside is a small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is located to the north of Kendal and to the south east of Staveley, on the River Kent, just upstream from the confluence of the River Sprint. Burneside is situated 3½ miles southwest of Whitwell and Selside.

Skelsmergh

Hamlet

Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 3 miles south of Whitwell and Selside.

Whitwell and Selside

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