Skirtful Crags
Skirtful Crags is an island in Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, England. Skirtful Crags is situated nearby to the hamlet Lakeside, as well as near the village Finsthwaite.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gummer’s How and Stott Park Bobbin Mill.
Gummer’s How
Peak
Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gummer's How is a hill in the southern part of the Lake District, on the eastern shore of Windermere, near its southern end. How, derived from the Old Norse word haugr, is a common local term for a hill or mound.
Stott Park Bobbin Mill
Museum
Photo: Keith Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stott Park Bobbin Mill is a 19th-century bobbin mill and now a working museum located near Newby Bridge, Cumbria, England. Built in 1835, the mill was one of over 65 buildings in the Lake District which provided wooden bobbins to the weaving and spinning industry, primarily in Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Lakes Aquarium
Public aquarium
Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lakes Aquarium is an aquarium in the village of Lakeside on the southern shore of Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is one of the docking points of Windermere Lake Cruises and also at one end of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lakeside and Finsthwaite.
Lakeside
Hamlet
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lakeside is a village in Newby Bridge at the south end of Windermere, England. Now in the county of Cumbria, before county reorganisation of 1974 it was in Lancashire, as part of the region known as Furness.
Finsthwaite
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Finsthwaite is a small village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is located near the Furness Fells and Windermere.
Newby Bridge
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newby Bridge is a hamlet in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is located several miles west of Grange-over-Sands and is on the River Leven, close to the southern end of Windermere. Newby Bridge is situated 2 miles southwest of Skirtful Crags.
Skirtful Crags
- Type: Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.29352° or 54° 17′ 37″ northLongitude
-2.94947° or 2° 56′ 58″ westElevation
151 feet (46 metres)Open location code
9C6V73V2+C6GeoNames ID
13285049
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