Thirlmere Embankment
Thirlmere Embankment is a memorial in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England. Thirlmere Embankment is situated nearby to the peak Great How, as well as near the forest Stair Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great How and Raven Crag.
Raven Crag
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Raven Crag is a fell in the English Lake District that overlooks Thirlmere reservoir. It has subsidiary summits The Benn and Castle Crag.
Kings Head Hotel
Pub
Photo: Keith Burroughs, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kings Head Hotel is a pub, which is situated 1 mile southeast of Thirlmere Embankment.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Legburthwaite and Watendlath.
Legburthwaite
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Legburthwaite is a village in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria. It is located on the A591 road and the B5322 road. Legburthwaite has a disused place of worship and formerly, a youth hostel. It is just north of Thirlmere.
Watendlath
Hamlet
Watendlath is a hamlet and tarn in the Lake District in the English county of Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, Watendlath is owned by the National Trust and sits high between the Borrowdale and Thirlmere valleys at 863 feet above sea level. Watendlath is situated 2½ miles southwest of Thirlmere Embankment.
Castlerigg stone circle
Locality
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castlerigg Stone Circle is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. It is one of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from approximately 3200 BC to 2500 BC, during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages. Castlerigg stone circle is situated 3 miles north of Thirlmere Embankment.
Thirlmere Embankment
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “MANCHESTER CORPORATION WATERWORKS The first stone of this embankment was laid on the 22nd August 1890 by Alderman Sir John James Harwood, knight...”
- Category: historic site
- Location: St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.56094° or 54° 33′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.06971° or 3° 4′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C6RHW6J+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 3991201684OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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