Hawkshead

Hawkshead is a picturesque village in . It is the smallest true town in Britain.
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  • Type: Village with 508 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Hawkshead, Cumbria”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hawkshead Grammar School and Esthwaite Water.

Museum
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in Hawkshead, , was founded in 1585 by Archbishop Edwin Sandys, the incumbent Archbishop of York, whose family came from the Hawkshead area.

Lake
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is one of the smaller and lesser known lakes in the Lake District National Park in , England. It is situated between the much larger lakes of and in the Furness area.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Near and Far Sawrey and Roger Ground.

Village
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Near Sawrey and Far Sawrey are two neighbouring villages in the Furness area of , England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of , both are located in the between the village of Hawkshead and the lake of .

Hamlet
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is a hamlet just south of the village of Hawkshead, in the district, in the English county of .

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the district, in the county of , England. It is in the Lake District National Park.

Hawkshead

Latitude
54.3748° or 54° 22′ 29″ north
Longitude
-2.9988° or 2° 59′ 56″ west
Population
508
Elevation
256 feet (78 metres)
Open location code
9C6V92F2+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5324026299
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2647285
Wiki­data ID
Q691544
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Hawkshead” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Hawkshead”
  • Cebuano: “Hawkshead”
  • Chinese: “Hawkshead”
  • Chinese: “浩克斯海德”
  • Chinese: “賀德威克 (坎布里亞郡)”
  • Chinese: “霍克斯海”
  • Chinese: “霍克斯黑德”
  • Dutch: “Hawkshead”
  • French: “Hawkshead”
  • German: “Hawkshead”
  • Irish: “Ceann an Dail”
  • Italian: “Hawkshead”
  • Japanese: “ホークスヘッド”
  • Ladin: “Hawkshead”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hawkshead”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hawkshead”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hawkshead”
  • Persian: “هاوکس‌هد”
  • Polish: “Hawkshead”
  • Swedish: “Hawkshead”
  • Turkish: “Hawkshead”
  • Urdu: “ہاکس ہیڈ”
  • Welsh: “Hawkshead”
  • “Hawkshead”

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