Whin Rigg

Whin Rigg is a fell in the English , situated in the western segment of the national park, 22 kilometres south east of the town of .
Wikipedia
Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,762 feet
  • Description: mountain in the English Lake District
  • Also known as: “Whin Rigg (Wasdale)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Illgill Head and Buckbarrow.

Peak
Photo: Archie424, Public domain.
is a fell in the English Lake District. It is known more commonly as the northern portion of the Wastwater Screes. The fell is 609 metres high and stands along the south-east shore of Wastwater, the deepest lake in England.

Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small fell in the English overlooking the western end of Wastwater. It is featured in Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells and is given a height of 1,410 ft approximately; however, the Ordnance Survey and other guidebooks now give an altitude of 423 m.

Church
Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael & All Angels' Church in , , England, is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is Gosforth and Wasdale. The church is a Grade II* listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nether Wasdale and Eskdale Green.

Village
Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England, located in the valley and civil parish of , near the and just over a mile to the west of the Wastwater lake.

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is a small village in at one end of the Eskdale Valley. The hamlet of Boot has an old corn mill in the heart but wander south away from the mill to find the little old church by the river.

Village
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in on the western side of the . It lies within the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority of Cumberland, and the .

Whin Rigg

Latitude
54.42017° or 54° 25′ 13″ north
Longitude
-3.30987° or 3° 18′ 36″ west
Elevation
1,762 feet (537 metres)
Open location code
9C6RCMCR+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29877961
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
12612330
Wiki­data ID
Q7993664
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Ladin—“Whin Rigg” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Whin Rigg”
  • Ladin: “Whin Rigg”

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