Isel
Isel is a dispersed settlement and area in the valley of the River Derwent within the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is an ecclesiastical parish within the civil parish of Blindcrake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Isel, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isel Hall and St Michael’s Church.
Isel Hall
Castle
Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Isel Hall is an ancient Cumbrian residence that sits on a steep rise on the northern banks of the River Derwent, two miles south of Bassenthwaite Lake, three miles east-north-east of Cockermouth, with views over the Lake District fells and Skiddaw.
St Michael’s Church
Church
Photo: Geoff, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael's Church is located by the side of the River Derwent in the dispersed settlement of Isel, in the civil parish of Blindcrake, Cumbria, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Redmain and Sunderland.
Redmain
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Redmain is a small hamlet in the Isel Valley and parish of Blindcrake within the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. The hamlet lies on the south-facing slopes above the River Derwent, in an elevated position of 475 feet, giving panoramas across the Isel Valley and Lake District Fells.
Sunderland
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sunderland is a hamlet and former civil parish, within the Lake District National Park, now in the parish of Blindcrake in the Cumberland unitary authority district of the county of Cumbria, England, historically part of Cumberland. Sunderland is situated 1½ miles northeast of Isel.
Setmurthy
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Setmurthy is a civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It lies within the Lake District National Park. The main settlement in the parish is Dubwath, on the shore of Bassenthwaite Lake. Setmurthy is situated 2 miles southeast of Isel.
Isel
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Blindcrake, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.69257° or 54° 41′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.30543° or 3° 18′ 20″ westElevation
243 feet (74 metres)Open location code
9C6RMMVV+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 436232764OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Isel” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Isel, Cumbria”
- French: “Isel”
- Irish: “Isel”
- Polish: “Isel (Kumbria)”
- Polish: “Isel”
- Welsh: “Isel, Cumbria”
- Welsh: “Isel”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Isel”. Photo: Dougsim, CC BY-SA 4.0.