Maiden Holme

Maiden Holme is an islet in Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, England. Maiden Holme is situated nearby to the locality The Held, as well as near Red Brow.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Belle Isle and The Station.

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.

The Station

Tower

Photo: Peter Bond, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Station is a tower.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bowness-on-Windermere and Storrs.

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.

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.

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.

Maiden Holme

Type: Islet
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.35569° or 54° 21′ 21″ north

Longitude

-2.93875° or 2° 56′ 20″ west

Elevation

131 feet (40 metres)

Open location code

9C6V9346+7G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 338190048

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

13285736

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Localities in the Area

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