High Force
High Force is a waterfall in Matterdale, Westmorland and Furness, England. High Force is situated nearby to the waterfall High Cascades, as well as near the park Aira Force.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aira Force and Gowbarrow Fell.
Aira Force
Waterfall
Photo: Ballantyne108, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aira Force is a waterfall in the English Lake District, in the civil parish of Matterdale and the county of Cumbria. The site of the waterfall is owned by the National Trust. Aira Force is situated 1,000 feet south of High Force.
Gowbarrow Fell
Peak
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gowbarrow Fell is a low fell in the English Lake District. It is an outlier of the Eastern Fells, standing to the north of Ullswater, bounded on one side by Aira Beck with its waterfall Aira Force.
Matterdale Church
Church
Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Matterdale Church is situated 1 mile north of High Force.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ulcat Row and Martindale.
Ulcat Row
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ulcat Row is a village in the civil parish of Matterdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. In the 2011 census, the parish had 483 residents, roughly an 8% decrease from 526 residents in 2001.
Martindale
Hamlet
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Martindale is a valley, village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, England, situated within the Lake District National Park between the lakes of Ullswater and Haweswater. Martindale is situated 2½ miles southeast of High Force.
Glenridding
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glenridding is a village at the southern end of Ullswater, in the English Lake District. The village is popular with mountain walkers who can scale England's third-highest mountain, Helvellyn, and many other challenging peaks from there.
High Force
- Type: Waterfall
- Category: body of water
- Location: Matterdale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.5793° or 54° 34′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.92925° or 2° 55′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C6VH3HC+P7OpenStreetMap ID
node 254339669OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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