Howtown
Howtown is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, situated at a small harbour on the east shore of Ullswater in the Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Martindale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Howtown, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Howtown Hotel and Hallin Fell.
Howtown Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Fraser Darrah, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Howtown Hotel is a hotel in Howtown, Cumbria, England, located near the southern shore of the Ullswater lake. Although it won the César Award for Best Hotel in 1991 by The Good Hotel Guide, Lonely Planet describes the hotel as "bewitchingly backwards" with early 20th century decor.
Hallin Fell
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hallin Fell is a hill in the English Lake District surrounded on three sides by Ullswater.
Bonscale Pike
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bonscale Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, standing above Howtown on Ullswater. It is the northern end of a spur running north north west from Loadpot Hill on the main ridge of the Far Eastern Fells.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watermillock and Ulcat Row.
Watermillock
Village
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Watermillock is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Matterdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Watermillock is situated 2 miles north of Howtown.
Ulcat Row
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ulcat Row is a village in the civil parish of Matterdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. In the 2011 census, the parish had 483 residents, roughly an 8% decrease from 526 residents in 2001. Ulcat Row is situated 3 miles northwest of Howtown.
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. Pooley Bridge is situated 3½ miles northeast of Howtown.
Howtown
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Martindale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.56867° or 54° 34′ 7″ northLongitude
-2.86323° or 2° 51′ 48″ westElevation
528 feet (161 metres)Open location code
9C6VH49P+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 29461782OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Howtown” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Howtown”
- French: “Howtown”
- Irish: “Howtown”
- Polish: “Howtown”
- Welsh: “Howtown”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Bobbin Mill Parish Hall and Grandybrae Wood.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Howtown”. Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.