Great How
Great How is a peak in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England and has an elevation of 1,093 feet. Great How is situated nearby to the locality Yew Crag, as well as near Redsow Slack.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,093 feet
- Description: hill near Thirlmere, in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Great How (Thirlmere)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Raven Crag and Kings Head Hotel.
Raven Crag
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Raven Crag is a fell in the English Lake District that overlooks Thirlmere reservoir. It has subsidiary summits The Benn and Castle Crag.
Watson’s Dodd
Peak
Photo: Anotherfell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Watson's Dodd is a fell in the English Lake District, a minor rise on the main ridge of the Helvellyn range in the Eastern Fells, but a prominent shoulder on the west side of that range.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Legburthwaite and Watendlath.
Legburthwaite
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Legburthwaite is a village in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria. It is located on the A591 road and the B5322 road. Legburthwaite has a disused place of worship and formerly, a youth hostel. It is just north of Thirlmere.
Watendlath
Hamlet
Watendlath is a hamlet and tarn in the Lake District in the English county of Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, Watendlath is owned by the National Trust and sits high between the Borrowdale and Thirlmere valleys at 863 feet above sea level.
Castlerigg stone circle
Locality
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castlerigg Stone Circle is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. It is one of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from approximately 3200 BC to 2500 BC, during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages.
Great How
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.55958° or 54° 33′ 35″ northLongitude
-3.06318° or 3° 3′ 48″ westElevation
1,093 feet (333 metres)Open location code
9C6RHW5P+RPOpenStreetMap ID
node 443638163OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_pointOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
7731788Wikidata ID
Q24678084
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Great How” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great How”
- Dutch: “Great How (kulle i Storbritannien, lat 54,56, long -3,06)”
- Swedish: “Great How (kulle i Storbritannien, lat 54,56, long -3,06)”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yew Crag and Redsow Slack.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Great How and High Bridge End Farm.
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