Cowan Head
Cowan Head is a hamlet in the civil parish of Strickland Ketel, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It is on the River Kent upstream from Burneside.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Residential area
- Description: hamlet in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Cowen Head”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ghyll Pond and Burneside railway station.
Burneside railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Burneside railway station serves the village of Burneside, in Cumbria, England. The station is a stop on the Windermere Branch Line between Oxenholme Lake District and Windermere. Burneside railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of Cowan Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowston and Burneside.
Bowston
Village
Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bowston is a village in Cumbria, England, situated about 4 miles north of Kendal, beside the River Kent. It has an old, probably 17th century, bridge over the river which is a Grade II listed structure.
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.
Staveley
Village
Photo: Richard Swales, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Staveley is a village in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority, in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, it is situated 4 miles northwest of Kendal where the River Kent is joined by its tributary the Gowan. Staveley is situated 1½ miles northwest of Cowan Head.
Cowan Head
- Category: hamlet
- Location: Strickland Ketel, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.36772° or 54° 22′ 4″ northLongitude
-2.78238° or 2° 46′ 57″ westElevation
246 feet (75 metres)Open location code
9C6V9699+32OpenStreetMap ID
way 545816337OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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