Watch Crag

Watch Crag is a locality in Underskiddaw, Cumberland, England. Watch Crag is situated nearby to the hamlet Little Crosthwaite, as well as near the locality Kiln How.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mirehouse and South Lodge to Mirehouse.

Mirehouse

Photo: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mirehouse is a 17th-century house to the north of Keswick in Cumbria, at the foot of Dodd, near Bassenthwaite Lake and St Bega's Church, on the A591 road.

South Lodge to Mirehouse

Building

Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0.

South Lodge to Mirehouse is a building.

Dodd is a small fell in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, four kilometres north-west of Keswick. It forms part of the Skiddaw range in the northern part of the national park and the slopes are heavily wooded.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Crosthwaite and Thornthwaite.

Little Crosthwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Little Crosthwaite is a hamlet in the Cumberland district in the English county of Cumbria. It forms part of the civil parish of Underskiddaw. Little Crosthwaite is located on the A591 road on the eastern shore of the Bassenthwaite Lake between Keswick and Bassenthwaite.

Thornthwaite

Village

Photo: Trevor Littlewood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thornthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it is just off the A66 road, south of Bassenthwaite Lake and within the Lake District National Park. Thornthwaite is situated 1½ miles southwest of Watch Crag.

Applethwaite

Village

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Applethwaite is a village in the foothills of Skiddaw near Keswick in the English Lake District. It is in the county of Cumbria, and forms part of the civil parish of Underskiddaw, which has a population of 282. Applethwaite is situated 2½ miles southeast of Watch Crag.

Watch Crag

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

54.64015° or 54° 38′ 25″ north

Longitude

-3.18737° or 3° 11′ 15″ west

Open location code

9C6RJRR7+33

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4861862178

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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