Kern Knotts

Kern Knotts is a cliff in Wasdale, Cumberland, England. Kern Knotts is situated nearby to the cliff Tophet Wall, as well as near Styhead Tarn.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Gable and Green Gable.

Great Gable

Peak

Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.

Great Gable is a mountain in the Lake District, United Kingdom. It is named after its appearance as a pyramid from Wasdale, though it is dome-shaped from most other directions.

Green Gable is a fell in the English Lake District often traversed by walkers en route to its more famous neighbour Great Gable. It can be ascended from Honister Pass, Seathwaite in Borrowdale, or Ennerdale.

Styhead Tarn

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Styhead Tarn is a tarn in the English Lake District, near the top of the Sty Head pass at the head of Borrowdale. It is on the route from Wasdale to Borrowdale and is, therefore, a well-visited point in the Lake District. Styhead Tarn is situated 2,400 feet east of Kern Knotts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wasdale Head and Seathwaite.

Wasdale Head

Hamlet

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wasdale Head is a scattered agricultural hamlet in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Wasdale Head claims to be home of the highest mountain, deepest lake, smallest church and biggest liar in England. Wasdale Head is situated 2 miles west of Kern Knotts.

Seathwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Antiquary, CC BY 4.0.

Seathwaite is a small hamlet in the Borrowdale civil parish of Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England. It is in the Lake District near Scafell Pike and 8 miles southwest of Keswick at the end of a minor road that heads southwest from the hamlet of Seatoller… Seathwaite is situated 2 miles northeast of Kern Knotts.

Seatoller

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Seatoller is a hamlet in the civil parish of Borrowdale, in Cumbria, England. Part of the historic county of Cumberland, it lies on the B5289 road at the east foot of the Honister Pass and to the south of Derwent Water. Seatoller is situated 3 miles northeast of Kern Knotts.

Kern Knotts

Type: Cliff
Category: landform
Location: Wasdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.47575° or 54° 28′ 33″ north

Longitude

-3.21313° or 3° 12′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C6RFQGP+8P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3989935235

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cliff

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Highlights include Tophet Wall and Windy Gap.

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