Fir Island

Fir Island is an islet in Satterthwaite, Westmorland and Furness, England. Fir Island is situated nearby to the locality Park Crags, as well as near The Park.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brantwood and Lawson Park.

Brantwood

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Brantwood is a historic house museum in Cumbria, England, overlooking Coniston Water. It has been the home to a number of prominent individuals. The house and grounds are administered by a charitable trust, the house serving as a museum dedicated to John Ruskin, one of its final owners.

Lawson Park

Arts center

Photo: Karenguthrie, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lawson Park is a remote English Lake District hillfarm, leased by Grizedale Arts from Forestry England. It is situated opposite the village of Coniston overlooking Coniston Water, behind Brantwood.

Carron Crag

Peak

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Carron Crag is a small fell in Grizedale Forest in the English Lake District with a height of 314 metres. Adjacent to the trig point is a large panopticon sculpture, one of over 70 in the forest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grizedale and Coniston.

Grizedale

Hamlet

Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grizedale is a hamlet in the Lake District of North West England, in the middle of the Grizedale Forest, located north of Satterthwaite and south of Hawkshead. Grizedale is situated 2 miles east of Fir Island.

Coniston

Photo: Tompage02, Public domain.

Coniston is a picturesque lakeside village in the Lake District National Park. Coniston sits next to Coniston Water, the Lake District's third largest lake is the home to many attempts at the world water speed record.

Nibthwaite

Village

Photo: Peter Bond, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nibthwaite is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria in the northwest of England. It is in the civil parish of Colton, and on the east side of Coniston Water. Nibthwaite is situated 3 miles south of Fir Island.

Fir Island

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

54.33855° or 54° 20′ 19″ north

Longitude

-3.06922° or 3° 4′ 9″ west

Elevation

167 feet (51 metres)

Open location code

9C6R8WQJ+C8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 61606221

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

13285879

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