Warton Crag
Warton Crag is a limestone hill in north west Lancashire, England. It lies to the north west of Warton village, in City of Lancaster district. At 163 metres it is the highest point in the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is listed as a "HuMP" or "Hundred Metre Prominence", having a "drop" or "prominence" of 126 metres with its parent being Hutton Roof Crags.Photo: Anglovirtual, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Oswald’s Church and Old Rectory.
St Oswald’s Church
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Oswald's Church is in the village of Warton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Tunstall, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. St Oswald’s Church is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Warton Crag.
Old Rectory
Ruins
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Old Rectory is a ruin of a former rectory in the village of Warton, near Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Owned by the Yearron/Bell family and under the protection of English Heritage, it has been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I listed building. Old Rectory is situated 3,000 feet southeast of Warton Crag.
Hyning Scout Wood
Forest
Hyning Scout Wood is a wood between Yealand Conyers and Warton in Lancashire. Its features include limestone pavement and coppicing for charcoal. The trees include beech, larch, sweet chestnut and Scots pine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carnforth and Yealand Storrs.
Carnforth
Photo: Jay Son, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carnforth is a small market town in Lancashire in Northwest England. It's best known for its railway station, location for the 1945 David Lean film Brief Encounter, with the station clock ticking relentlessly to trammel the characters' lives.
Yealand Storrs
Hamlet
Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yealand Storrs is a hamlet in the English county of Lancashire. Yealand Storrs is situated 2 miles north of Warton Crag.
Borwick
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Borwick is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England, about 8 miles north of Lancaster, on the Lancaster Canal. Borwick is situated 2 miles east of Warton Crag.
Warton Crag
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: hill
- Categories: hill, tourism, and peak
- Location: Warton, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.14833° or 54° 8′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.78024° or 2° 46′ 49″ westElevation
535 feet (163 metres)Open location code
9C6V46X9+8WOpenStreetMap ID
node 1785947768OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointWikidata ID
Q7971048
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In Other Languages
“Warton Crag” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Warton Crag”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Warton Crag and Small multivallate hill fort.
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