Great How
Great How or Great Howe is a hill of 522 metres in the west of the English Lake District, lying south of Scafell Pike and east of Burnmoor Tarn. It lies in the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority area of Cumberland and the ceremonial county of Cumbria.Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,713 feet
- Description: hill in Eskdale
- Also known as: “Great How - Eskdale Fell” and “Great Howe”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Slight Side and Burnmoor Tarn.
Slight Side
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Slight Side is a fell in the English Lake District it stands 25 kilometres east southeast of the town of Whitehaven and reaches a height of 762 metres.
Burnmoor Tarn
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burnmoor Tarn, on Eskdale Fell in Cumbria, England, is the largest entirely natural tarns in the Lake District. Its waters flow into Whillan Beck at the tarn's north-eastern corner, which immediately turns south and flows into Eskdale, joining the Esk at Beckfoot.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boot and Wasdale Head.
Boot
Village
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boot is a small village in Eskdale on the western side of the English Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority of Cumberland, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria.
Wasdale Head
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wasdale Head is a scattered agricultural hamlet in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Wasdale Head claims to be home of the highest mountain, deepest lake, smallest church and biggest liar in England.
Cockley Beck
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cockley Beck is a small hamlet, situated in the Duddon Valley in Cumbria, England. Historically, the hamlet was part of Lancashire. Located today within the Lake District National Park, it was established in the late 16th century, and is closely associated with the mining of copper ore in Cumbria.
Great How
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Eskdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.42505° or 54° 25′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.23844° or 3° 14′ 18″ westElevation
1,713 feet (522 metres)Open location code
9C6RCQG6+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 4941929208OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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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 54,43, long -3,24)”
- Swedish: “Great How (kulle i Storbritannien, lat 54,43, long -3,24)”
- Swedish: “Great How”
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