Aikhead
Aikhead is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, within the Lake District. It is about one and a half miles northwest of Wigton, and is in the civil parish of Woodside. The hamlet was the residence of John Rooke, an English geologist.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Cumbria, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Aikhead, Cumbria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wigton railway station and Church of St Mary.
Wigton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wigton railway station is a railway station serving the market town of Wigton in Cumbria, England. It is on the Cumbrian Coast Line, which runs between Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
The Nelson Thomlinson School
School
The Nelson Thomlinson School is an 11–18 comprehensive coeducational secondary school with a sixth form in the market town of Wigton, Cumbria, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waverbridge and Oulton.
Waverbridge
Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waverbridge is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dundraw, right on the boundary with the civil parish of Waverton in Cumbria, England. It is located approximately two-and-three-quarter miles north-west of Wigton, three-and-three-quarter miles south-east of Abbeytown, and seven-and-a-half miles north-east of Aspatria.
Oulton
Village
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oulton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Woodside, near the small town of Wigton, in the Cumberland district of the county of Cumbria, England.
Wigton
Town
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wigton is a market town in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It lies just outside the Lake District. Wigton is at the centre of the Solway Plain, between the Caldbeck Fells and the Solway coast.
Aikhead
- Category: village
- Location: Woodside, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.83228° or 54° 49′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.18891° or 3° 11′ 20″ westElevation
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
9C6RRRJ6+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 5081799105OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
Discover Aikhead from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Aikhead” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Aikhead”
- French: “Aikhead”
- Irish: “Aikhead”
- Polish: “Aikhead”
- Welsh: “Aikhead”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Aikhead Low House and Lessonhall.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wigton Hospital and Swinegate Plantation.
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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 “Aikhead”. Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.