Gait Kirk
Gait Kirk is a cliff in Ponsonby, Cumberland, England. Gait Kirk is situated nearby to the peak Ponsonby Fell, as well as near Blengdale Forest.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ponsonby Fell and Gosforth Cross.
Ponsonby Fell
Peak
Ponsonby Fell is a hill in the west of the English Lake District, near Gosforth, in Cumberland, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.
Gosforth Cross
Archaeological site
Photo: English Lakes, Public domain.
The Gosforth Cross is a large stone monument in St Mary's churchyard at Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria, dating to the first half of the 10th century AD. Gosforth Cross is situated 2½ miles southwest of Gait Kirk.
Cold Fell
Peak
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cold Fell is a hill in the west of the English Lake District. It is easily climbed from the road between Ennerdale Bridge and Calder Bridge. This road is in fact known as Cold Fell Road and is used by many Sellafield employees living in Cockermouth. Cold Fell is situated 2½ miles northwest of Gait Kirk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nether Wasdale and Calder Bridge.
Nether Wasdale
Village
Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nether Wasdale is a village in Cumbria, England, located in the valley and civil parish of Wasdale, near the River Irt and just over a mile to the west of the Wastwater lake. Nether Wasdale is situated 3 miles southeast of Gait Kirk.
Calder Bridge
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calder Bridge is a small village in Cumbria in England. It is located between the hamlets of Gosforth and Beckermet and lies on the River Calder. It is around 1 mile northeast from the Sellafield nuclear plant—Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station was the world's first major nuclear power station when it opened in 1956. Calder Bridge is situated 3 miles west of Gait Kirk.
Haile
Village
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haile is a small village and civil parish in Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It had a population of 617 at the 2011 census. Nearby settlements include the town of Egremont and the villages of Thornhill and Beckermet. Haile is situated 3½ miles west of Gait Kirk.
Gait Kirk
- Type: Cliff
- Category: landform
- Location: Ponsonby, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.45048° or 54° 27′ 2″ northLongitude
-3.40638° or 3° 24′ 23″ westHeight
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
9C6RFH2V+5COpenStreetMap ID
node 12350465329OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliff
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