Warnscale

Warnscale is a locality in Buttermere, Cumberland, England. Warnscale is situated nearby to the locality Low Wax Knott, as well as near High Wax Knott.

Places of Interest

Highlights include High Crag and Buttermere.

High Crag

Peak

Photo: Archie424, Public domain.

High Crag stands at the southern end of the High Stile ridge which divides the valleys of Ennerdale and Buttermere in the west of the English Lake District.

Buttermere is a lake in the Lake District in North West England. It has an area of 0.9 square kilometres, a length of approximately 2 kilometres, a maximum width of 0.54 kilometres, a maximum depth of 28.6 metres, and a surface elevation of 100.3 metres above sea level.

Seat

Peak

Photo: Archie424, Public domain.

Seat or Seat is a minor Fell in the English Lake District. It has a height of 561 m. Seat is over-shadowed by Haystacks and High Crag. Its location is on the south-western corner of Buttermere in the North Western Fells.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gatesgarth and Seathwaite.

Gatesgarth

Hamlet

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gatesgarth is a settlement in Lake District of England. It is situated to the east of the lake of Buttermere, on the B5289 road on its western approach to the Honister Pass.

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 3 miles southeast of Warnscale.

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 3½ miles south of Warnscale.

Warnscale

Type: Locality
Location: Buttermere, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.51778° or 54° 31′ 4″ north

Longitude

-3.25491° or 3° 15′ 18″ west

Open location code

9C6RGP9W+42

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4845356603

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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