Wray Mires
Wray Mires is in Claife, Westmorland and Furness, England. Wray Mires is situated nearby to the locality The Scale, as well as near Highs Intake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hill Top and Esthwaite Water.
Hill Top
Photo: Chris Brown, CC BY 2.0.
Hill Top is a 17th-century house in Near Sawrey near Hawkshead, in the English county of Cumbria. It is an example of Lakeland vernacular architecture with random stone walls and slate roof.
Esthwaite Water
Lake
Esthwaite Water is one of the smaller and lesser known lakes in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is situated between the much larger lakes of Windermere and Coniston Water in the Furness area.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowness-on-Windermere and Hawkshead.
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.
Hawkshead
Photo: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hawkshead is a picturesque village in Lake District National Park. It is the smallest true town in Britain.
Windermere
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Windermere is a town of 4,800 people in Cumbria. Tourism is popular in the town, owing to its proximity to the lake and local scenery. Boats from the piers in Bowness sail around the lake, many calling at Ambleside or at Lakeside where there is a restored railway.
Wray Mires
- Type: Wetland
- Category: body of water
- Location: Claife, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.3688° or 54° 22′ 8″ northLongitude
-2.971° or 2° 58′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C6V929H+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 10154268022OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetland
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Localities in the Area
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