Slapestones

Slapestones is a locality in Dacre, Westmorland and Furness, England. Slapestones is situated nearby to the hamlet Redhills, as well as near the locality Skirsgill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yanwath Hall and Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith.

Yanwath Hall

Historic building

Photo: Paul Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yanwath Hall is a 14th-century and later tower house in Yanwath, Cumbria, England. It is a grade I listed building. Early owners included the Salkeld family and Richard Dudley.

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith

School

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Queen Elizabeth Grammar School is a coeducational selective grammar school in Penrith, Cumbria, England. The school has approximately 1040 pupils. The headteacher is David Marchant, who took over in September 2022.

Queens Head Hotel

Pub

Photo: Paul Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Queens Head Hotel is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Redhills and Stainton.

Redhills

Hamlet

Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Redhills is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dacre, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria.

Stainton

Village

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Stainton is a village near the A66, in the parish of Dacre, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is a few miles away from the market town of Penrith.

Sockbridge

Village

Sockbridge and Tirril is a small civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria. It had a population of 397 in 2001, increasing to 415 at the 2011 Census.

Slapestones

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Rheged”
Location: Dacre, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.648° or 54° 38′ 53″ north

Longitude

-2.7795° or 2° 46′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C6VJ6XC+66

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2380238202

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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