Great How (Swirl Band)

Great How (Swirl Band) is a hill in Coniston, Westmorland and Furness, England and has an elevation of 2,526 feet. Great How (Swirl Band) is situated nearby to the hamlet Cockley Beck, as well as near the locality Oak Bank.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swirl How and Great Carrs.

Swirl How

Peak

Photo: Freddyj66, Public domain.

Swirl How is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands between Coniston and the Duddon Valley in the southern part of the District. It rivals the Old Man of Coniston as the highest point within the traditional County Palatine of Lancashire.

Great Carrs

Peak

Photo: Freddyj66, Public domain.

Great Carrs is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands above Wrynose Pass in the southern part of the District.

Brim Fell

Peak

Photo: Freddyj66, Public domain.

Brim Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands to the west of Coniston village in the southern part of the District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cockley Beck and Seathwaite.

Cockley Beck

Hamlet

Photo: Dave Smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cockley Beck is a small hamlet, situated in the Duddon Valley in Cumbria, England. Historically, the hamlet was part of Lancashire. Located today within the Lake District National Park, it was established in the late 16th century, and is closely associated with the mining of copper ore in Cumbria. Cockley Beck is situated 2 miles northwest of Great How (Swirl Band).

Seathwaite

Village

Photo: Gordon Mellor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Seathwaite is a village in the Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria in North West England. It is in the Lake District and part of historic Lancashire. Seathwaite is situated 3½ miles southwest of Great How (Swirl Band).

Great How (Swirl Band)

Type: Hill with an elevation of 2,526 feet
Category: landform
Location: Coniston, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.38981° or 54° 23′ 23″ north

Longitude

-3.12063° or 3° 7′ 14″ west

Elevation

2,526 feet (770 metres)

Open location code

9C6R9VQH+WP

GeoNames ID

12624520

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