Eel Crag (Birkett)

Eel Crag (Birkett) is a peak in Buttermere, Cumberland, England and has an elevation of 2,648 feet. Eel Crag (Birkett) is situated nearby to the locality The Scar, as well as near Addacomb Hole.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Crag Hill and Sail.

Crag Hill

Peak

Photo: GkgAlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Crag Hill is a mountain in the North Western part of the English Lake District. It was formerly known as Eel Crag; however, the Ordnance Survey now marks Eel Crag as referring to the northern crags of the fell.

Sail

Peak

Photo: Cacolantern, Public domain.

Sail is a hill in the English Lake District, lying between Derwentwater and Crummock Water.

Wandope

Peak

Photo: Abbagliato, CC BY 2.5.

Wandope (also known as Wanlope is a fell in the north-western area of the English Lake District. It lies to the east of Crummock Water and south of Crag Hill. From the summit there are excellent panoramas of the Sca Fell and High Stile ranges.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brackenthwaite and Little Town.

Brackenthwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brackenthwaite is a hamlet in the parish of Buttermere, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is situated some 6 miles south of Cockermouth. It lies within the Lake District National Park.

Little Town

Hamlet

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Little Town is a hamlet in the civil parish of Above Derwent, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is in the Penrith and Solway constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament.

Stair

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stair is a village in Cumbria, England. It is situated in the Newlands Valley, to the west of Derwent Water and within the Lake District National Park.

Eel Crag (Birkett)

Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,648 feet
Also known as: “Eel Crag”
Category: landform
Location: Buttermere, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.57491° or 54° 34′ 30″ north

Longitude

-3.25414° or 3° 15′ 15″ west

Elevation

2,648 feet (807 metres)

Open location code

9C6RHPFW+X8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5036578372

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12624443

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