Bass Howe

Bass Howe is a locality in Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, England. Bass Howe is situated nearby to the locality Low Blind Howe, as well as near The Heald.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Claife Heights and Belle Isle.

Claife Heights

Peak

Photo: Stephen Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Claife Heights is an upland area in the Lake District, near to Windermere in Cumbria, England. It has a topographic prominence of 177 metres so is classified as a Marilyn.

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.

Three Dubs Tarn

Lake

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Three Dubs Tarn is a lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bowness-on-Windermere and Near and Far Sawrey.

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.

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. Storrs is situated 2 miles south of Bass Howe.

Bass Howe

Type: Locality
Location: Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.36758° or 54° 22′ 3″ north

Longitude

-2.94391° or 2° 56′ 38″ west

Open location code

9C6V9394+2C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10159058541

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Low Blind Howe and The Heald.

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