Great Gable
Great Gable is a hill in Wasdale, Cumberland, England and has an elevation of 253 feet. Great Gable is situated nearby to the hamlet Wasdale Head, as well as near Seathwaite.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Olaf’s Church, Wasdale and Ritson’s Force.
St Olaf’s Church, Wasdale
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Olaf's Church in Wasdale Head, Cumbria, is England's smallest parish church. The earliest record of a church on this site is from 1550, though it is likely that there was an earlier church on this site.
Ritson’s Force
Waterfall
Photo: Steve Bayley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ritson's Force is a set of waterfalls in the valley of Mosedale, in the English Lake District. It is also the river that leads past the Wasdale Head Inn and the Great Gable Brewing Company.
Yewbarrow
Peak
Yewbarrow is a fell, in the English Lake District, which lies immediately north of the head of Wast Water. It is 628 metres high and in shape resembles the upturned hull of a boat or a barrow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wasdale Head and Seathwaite.
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.
Seathwaite
Hamlet
Seathwaite is a small hamlet in the Borrowdale civil parish of Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England. It is in the Lake District near Scafell Pike and 8 miles southwest of Keswick at the end of a minor road that heads southwest from the hamlet of Seatoller… Seathwaite is situated 4 miles northeast of Great Gable.
Gatesgarth
Hamlet
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gatesgarth is a settlement in Lake District of England. It is situated to the east of the lake of Buttermere, on the B5289 road on its western approach to the Honister Pass. Gatesgarth is situated 4½ miles north of Great Gable.
Great Gable
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 253 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Wasdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.46233° or 54° 27′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.25307° or 3° 15′ 11″ westElevation
253 feet (77 metres)Open location code
9C6RFP6W+WQGeoNames ID
11704431
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