Whin Rigg
Whin Rigg is a fell in the English Lake District, situated in the western segment of the national park, 22 kilometres south east of the town of Whitehaven.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.
Illgill Head
Peak
Photo: Archie424, Public domain.
Illgill Head 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.
Buckbarrow
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buckbarrow is a small fell in the English Lake District 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.
Fisherground railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fisherground railway station, also known as Fisherground Halt, is on the 15-inch gauge Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in Cumbria, England. Its main purpose is to serve the adjoining camp site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nether Wasdale and Eskdale Green.
Nether Wasdale
Village
Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nether Wasdale is a village in Cumbria, England, located in the valley and civil parish of Wasdale, near the River Irt and just over a mile to the west of the Wastwater lake.
Eskdale Green
Eskdale Green is a small village in Cumbria 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.
Boot
Village
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boot is a small village in Eskdale on the western side of the English Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority of Cumberland, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria.
Whin Rigg
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Wasdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.42017° or 54° 25′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.30987° or 3° 18′ 36″ westElevation
1,762 feet (537 metres)Open location code
9C6RCMCR+33OpenStreetMap ID
node 29877961OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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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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