Whitbarrow
Whitbarrow is a hill in Cumbria, England, designated a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and national nature reserve, forming part of the Morecambe Bay Pavements Special Area of Conservation due to its supporting some of the best European examples of natural limestone habitats.Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 705 feet
- Description: hill in Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Lord’s Seat” and “Whitbarrow - Lord’s Seat”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oversands School and St Anthony’s Church.
Oversands School
School
Oversands School is a private special school with specialist SEN status situated in the village of Witherslack near Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England.
St Anthony’s Church
Church
Photo: George Hopkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Anthony's Church, is in the village of Cartmel Fell, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
St Paul’s Church
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Paul's Church is in the village of Witherslack, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beck Head and Cartmel Fell.
Cartmel Fell
Village
Photo: George Hopkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cartmel Fell is a hamlet and a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 309, increasing at the 2011 census to 329.
Witherslack
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Witherslack is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the south of Cumbria, England.
Whitbarrow
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.276° or 54° 16′ 34″ northLongitude
-2.85886° or 2° 51′ 32″ westElevation
705 feet (215 metres)Open location code
9C6V74GR+9FOpenStreetMap ID
node 434309611OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Dutch—“Whitbarrow” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “威特巴罗”
- Dutch: “Whitbarrow”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Whitbarrow Nature Reserve and Pool Bank.
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