Castlerigg
Castlerigg is a locality in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England. Castlerigg is situated nearby to the suburb Chestnut Hill, as well as near the locality Brigham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Walla Crag and Castlerigg Manor.
Walla Crag
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walla Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, near Keswick. The fell is a short walk from Keswick and overlooks Derwentwater.
Castlerigg Manor
Community center
Photo: Jackregan, Public domain.
Keswick is a civil parish and a town in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. It contains 51 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.
Theatre by the Lake
Theater building
Photo: Phil Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Theatre by the Lake is situated on the shores of Derwentwater in the Lake District in Keswick, Cumbria, England. It opened in 1999, replacing the mobile Century Theatre, and was made possible by an Arts Council Lottery Fund Grant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chestnut Hill and Castlerigg stone circle.
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.
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.
Keswick
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Keswick is the northern tourist hub of the Lake District National Park and is a favourite base for serious walkers and climbers, artists and photographers, and anyone who enjoys mountain and lake scenery.
Castlerigg
- Type: Locality
- Location: St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.59169° or 54° 35′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.11206° or 3° 6′ 43″ westElevation
732 feet (223 metres)Open location code
9C6RHVRQ+M5GeoNames ID
13275079
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