Low Rigg
Low Rigg is a small hill in the English Lake District a few miles east of the town of Keswick and slightly north of its larger neighbour High Rigg. Geologically, Low Rigg is a lens-shaped laccolith consisting of an intrusion of a fine-grained granite.Places of Interest
Highlights include St John’s Church, St John’s in the Vale and High Rigg.
St John’s Church, St John’s in the Vale
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John's Church is in the valley of St John's in the Vale, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Derwent, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle.
High Rigg
Peak
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
High Rigg is a small fell located in the English Lake District, approximately three miles southeast of the town of Keswick. It occupies an unusual position, surrounded on all sides by higher fells but not connected by any obvious ridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlerigg stone circle and Chestnut Hill.
Castlerigg stone circle
Locality
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castlerigg Stone Circle is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. It is one of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from approximately 3200 BC to 2500 BC, during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages.
Chestnut Hill
Suburb
Chestnut Hill is a suburb of Keswick, England, located along the A591 road. It contains the Nether Place Nursing Home and Claremont House, a 19th-century lodge which is an AA 4 diamond hotel.
Threlkeld
Village
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Threlkeld is a village and civil parish in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, to the east of Keswick. It is in the historic county of Cumberland.
Low Rigg
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 909 feet
- Description: hill in St John’s Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumbria, England, UK
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.59507° or 54° 35′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.08042° or 3° 4′ 50″ westElevation
909 feet (277 metres)Open location code
9C6RHWW9+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 443621695OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Low Rigg” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Low Rigg”
- Ladin: “Low Rigg”
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