Wallthwaite
Wallthwaite is a hamlet in Matterdale, Westmorland and Furness, England. Wallthwaite is situated nearby to the locality Stoneraise, as well as near Scogarth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mosedale Viaduct and Blencathra.
Mosedale Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mosedale Viaduct carried the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway over Mosedale Beck until its closure in 1972. Building work on the viaduct began in 1862, and the first test train crossed it in 1864.
Blencathra
Peak
Blencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly of the Cumbrian Mountains, in the English Lake District. It has six separate fell tops, of which the highest is the Hallsfell Top at 2,848 feet. Blencathra is situated 2 miles northwest of Wallthwaite.
Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum
Museum
Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum is a museum located in Threlkeld three miles east of Keswick, in the Lake District in Cumbria. It includes a quarry with a collection of antique machinery, such as locomotives and cranes, an underground tour of a simulated mine, a geological and mining museum, and mineral panning. Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum is situated 2 miles southwest of Wallthwaite.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hutton Moor End and Threlkeld.
Hutton Moor End
Locality
Hutton Moor End is a hamlet on the Hutton Moor Road in the north east of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It lies within the civil parish of Mungrisdale and is known locally as 'Moor End' as it is at the end of the Hutton Moor on an old route-way between Penrith to Keswick.
Threlkeld
Village
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Threlkeld is a village and civil parish in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, (in the historic county of Cumberland to the east of Keswick. Threlkeld is situated 2 miles west of Wallthwaite.
Troutbeck
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Troutbeck is a hamlet within Cumbria, England, a few miles to the west of Penrith. It was previously in the county of Cumberland. It lies within the Lake District, the civil parish of Hutton, and the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness Great Mell Fell is situated immediately to the east of Troutbeck. Troutbeck is situated 2½ miles east of Wallthwaite.
Wallthwaite
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Matterdale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.6274° or 54° 37′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.00274° or 3° 0′ 10″ westElevation
564 feet (172 metres)Open location code
9C6RJXGW+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 4863922187OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13282455
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