High Seat
High Seat is a fell in the centre of the English Lake District. Despite being below 2,000 feet in elevation, it is the highest point for about five miles in any direction; a consequence of the curious fact that the centre of the district is lower than the surrounding parts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,998 feet
- Description: mountain in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “High Seat (Lake District)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bleaberry Fell and High Tove.
Bleaberry Fell
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bleaberry Fell is a fell in the Lake District in Cumbria, England, with a height of 590 metres. It stands on the main watershed between Borrowdale and Thirlmere and can be climbed from either flank. Walla Crag is a subsidiary top of Bleaberry Fell.
High Tove
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
High Tove is a fell in the English Lake District, close to the geographical centre of the Cumbrian hills. It forms part of the watershed between the Derwentwater and Thirlmere catchments, a ridge running broadly north-south.
Raven Crag
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Raven Crag is a fell in the English Lake District that overlooks Thirlmere reservoir. It has subsidiary summits The Benn and Castle Crag.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watendlath and Legburthwaite.
Watendlath
Hamlet
Watendlath is a hamlet and tarn in the Lake District in the English county of Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, Watendlath is owned by the National Trust and sits high between the Borrowdale and Thirlmere valleys at 863 feet above sea level.
Legburthwaite
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Legburthwaite is a village in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria. It is located on the A591 road and the B5322 road. Legburthwaite has a disused place of worship and formerly, a youth hostel. It is just north of Thirlmere.
Grange in Borrowdale
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grange, often called Grange in Borrowdale, is a village in Borrowdale in the English Lake District. It lies just off the B5289 road to the south of Derwent Water and 4 miles south of Keswick, in the county of Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, The village is overlooked by Grange Fell and Castle Crag, which flank either side of the narrow section of Borrowdale in which it sits.
High Seat
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Borrowdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.55261° or 54° 33′ 9″ northLongitude
-3.10372° or 3° 6′ 13″ westElevation
1,998 feet (609 metres)Open location code
9C6RHV3W+2GOpenStreetMap ID
node 29765660OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“High Seat” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “High Seat (Lake District)”
- Ladin: “High Seat”
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