Chicken Rock
Chicken Rock is an island in Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, England. Chicken Rock is situated nearby to the hamlet Storrs, as well as near the village Far Sawrey.Places of Interest
Highlights include Belle Isle and Blackwell.
Belle Isle
Islet
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belle Isle is the largest of 18 islands on Windermere, a mere in the English Lake District, and the only one ever to have been inhabited. It is 1 km in length.
Blackwell
Photo: GavinJA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blackwell is a large house in the English Lake District, designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Baillie Scott. It was built in 1898–1900, as a holiday home for Sir Edward Holt, a wealthy Manchester brewer.
St Martin’s Church, Bowness-on-Windermere
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Martin's Church stands in the centre of the town of Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Storrs and Bowness-on-Windermere.
Storrs
Hamlet
Storrs is a hamlet in the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district of the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.
Bowness-on-Windermere
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bowness-on-Windermere is the main tourist centre for the South Lakes area of Lake District National Park. It sits on the shore of Windermere lake within the boundaries of the historic County of Westmorland. In 2011, it had about 3,800 permanent residents.
Near and Far Sawrey
Village
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Near Sawrey and Far Sawrey are two neighbouring villages in the Furness area of Cumbria, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, both are located in the Lake District between the village of Hawkshead and the lake of Windermere. Near and Far Sawrey is situated 1½ miles west of Chicken Rock.
Chicken Rock
- 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
54.35253° or 54° 21′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.93088° or 2° 55′ 51″ westElevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9C6V9339+2JGeoNames ID
13285675
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