Santon
Santon is a locality in Irton with Santon, Cumberland, England. Santon is situated nearby to the locality Irton, as well as near Wellington.Places of Interest
Highlights include Irton Cross and Gosforth Cross.
Irton Cross
Archaeological site
Photo: Dougsim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Irton Cross is an Anglo-Saxon cross in the graveyard of St Paul's Church, in the parish of Irton with Santon, Cumbria, England. Dating from the early 9th century, it lies chronologically between the Bewcastle Cross and the Gosforth cross and has greater affinity with the earlier Anglo-Roman style of Bewcastle.
Gosforth Cross
Archaeological site
Photo: English Lakes, Public domain.
The Gosforth Cross is a large stone monument in St Mary's churchyard at Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria, dating to the first half of the 10th century AD. Gosforth Cross is situated 2 miles northwest of Santon.
Irton Pike
Peak
Irton Pike is a hill in the west of the English Lake District, near Santon Bridge, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Alfred Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santon Bridge and Holmrook.
Santon Bridge
Village
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Santon Bridge is a small village in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, at a bridge over the River Irt. The civil parish is called Irton with Santon. The population of this civil parish as at the 2011 census was 316.
Holmrook
Village
Photo: P stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holmrook is a linear village in the English county of Cumbria. It lies along the A595 road on the west banks of the River Irt. The B5344 road connects it to Drigg, with its railway station less than two miles to the west. Holmrook is situated 2 miles southwest of Santon.
Nether Wasdale
Village
Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nether Wasdale is a village in Cumbria, England, located in the valley and civil parish of Wasdale, near the River Irt and just over a mile to the west of the Wastwater lake. Nether Wasdale is situated 2 miles northeast of Santon.
Santon
- Type: Locality
- Location: Irton with Santon, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.40328° or 54° 24′ 12″ northLongitude
-3.38855° or 3° 23′ 19″ westElevation
148 feet (45 metres)Open location code
9C6RCJ36+8HGeoNames ID
13282896
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