The Common
The Common is a hamlet in Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, England. The Common is situated nearby to the hamlet Mislet, as well as near Heaning.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Orrest Head and Windermere railway station.
Orrest Head
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orrest Head is a hill in the English Lake District on the eastern shores of Windermere. It is the subject of a chapter in Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, and the first fell he climbed.
Windermere railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Windermere railway station serves the town of Windermere, in Cumbria, England. It is the northern terminus of the Windermere Branch Line, which runs from Oxenholme.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Troutbeck Bridge and Ings.
Troutbeck Bridge
Village
Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Troutbeck Bridge is a village in the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.
Ings
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ings is a village in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority of Cumbria, England. It lies on the course on the River Gowan and A591 road, 2 miles east of Windermere. Ings is situated 1½ miles east of The Common.
Bowness-on-Windermere
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bowness-on-Windermere is the main tourist centre for the South Lakes area of Lake District National Park. It sits on the shore of Windermere lake within the boundaries of the historic County of Westmorland. In 2011, it had about 3,800 permanent residents.
The Common
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.38786° or 54° 23′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.89251° or 2° 53′ 33″ westElevation
600 feet (183 metres)Open location code
9C6V94Q4+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 5114984872OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13273542
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