Barf
Barf is a fell in the north-western Lake District in Cumbria, UK. It stands on the south-western shore of Bassenthwaite Lake. Barf is well known for a whitewashed pillar of rock on the lower slopes, the so-called "Bishop's Rock" or "Bishop of Barf".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lord’s Seat and Broom Fell.
Lord’s Seat
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lord's Seat is a fell in the English Lake District. It is the highest of the group of hills north of Whinlatter Pass in the North Western Fells. The slopes of Lord's Seat are extensively forested.
Broom Fell
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Broom Fell is a hill with the status of a Wainwright in the English Lake District. It lies on a ridge connecting Lord's Seat and Graystones. Alfred Wainwright provided its status as a separate fell in his influential guidebook series, the Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells.
Mirehouse
Photo: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mirehouse is a 17th-century house to the north of Keswick in Cumbria, at the foot of Dodd, near Bassenthwaite Lake and St Bega's Church, on the A591 road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornthwaite and Little Crosthwaite.
Thornthwaite
Village
Photo: Trevor Littlewood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it is just off the A66 road, south of Bassenthwaite Lake and within the Lake District National Park.
Little Crosthwaite
Hamlet
Photo: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Crosthwaite is a hamlet in the Cumberland district in the English county of Cumbria. It forms part of the civil parish of Underskiddaw. Little Crosthwaite is located on the A591 road on the eastern shore of the Bassenthwaite Lake between Keswick and Bassenthwaite.
Braithwaite
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Braithwaite is a village in the northern Lake District, in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies just to the west of Keswick and to the east of the Grisedale Pike ridge.
Barf
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,539 feet
- Description: mountain in Cumbria
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Above Derwent, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.62964° or 54° 37′ 47″ northLongitude
-3.21812° or 3° 13′ 5″ westElevation
1,539 feet (469 metres)Open location code
9C6RJQHJ+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 8411090525OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Barf” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Barf”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بارف”
- Ladin: “Barf”
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