The Common

The Common is a locality in Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, England. The Common is situated nearby to the hamlet Heaning, as well as near Mislet.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Orrest Head and Windermere railway station.

Orrest Head

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Orrest Head is a hill in the English Lake District on the eastern shores of Windermere. It is the subject of a chapter in Wainwright's The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, and the first fell he climbed.

Windermere railway station

Railway station

Photo: John Lomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Windermere railway station serves the town of Windermere, in Cumbria, England. It is the northern terminus of the Windermere Branch Line, which runs from Oxenholme.

Windermere Library

Library

Photo: edward mcmaihin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ings and Troutbeck Bridge.

Ings

Village

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Ings is a village in the Westmorland and Furness Unitary Authority of Cumbria, England. It lies on the course on the River Gowan and A591 road, 2 miles east of Windermere.

Troutbeck Bridge

Village

Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Troutbeck Bridge is a village in the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.