Orrest Head
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.
- Scenic viewpoint
- …lies at an elevation of 781 feet (238 metres)
- Description: mountain in the United Kingdom
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Windermere railway station and St Mary’s Church.
Windermere railway station
Railway station
Windermere railway station serves the town of Windermere, in Cumbria, England. Windermere railway station is situated 2,500 feet south of Orrest Head.
St Mary’s Church
Church
St Mary's Church is in the town of Windermere, Cumbria, England. St Mary’s Church is situated 2,400 feet southwest of Orrest Head.
Windermere Hotel
Hotel
Windermere Hotel, originally The Riggs Windermere… Windermere Hotel is situated 2,000 feet south of Orrest Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Troutbeck Bridge and Bowness-on-Windermere.
Troutbeck Bridge
Village
Troutbeck Bridge is a village in the civil parish…
Bowness-on-Windermere
Bowness-on-Windermere is the main tourist centre for…
Cleabarrow
Hamlet
Cleabarrow is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. Cleabarrow is situated 2 miles south of Orrest Head.
Orrest Head
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Latitude
54.38632° or 54° 23′ 11″ north
Longitude
-2.90352° or 2° 54′ 13″ west
Open location code
9C6V93PW+GH
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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tourism=viewpoint
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Orrest Head” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Orrest Head”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اوريسانت هياد”
- German: “Orrest Head”
- Ladin: “Orrest Head”
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