Sty Head
Sty Head is a locality in Borrowdale, Cumberland, England. Sty Head is situated nearby to the locality Toad How, as well as near Spout Head.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Styhead Tarn and Great Gable.
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.
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.
Seathwaite Fell
Peak
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seathwaite Fell is an area of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It stands above the hamlet of the same name at the head of Borrowdale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seathwaite and Wasdale Head.
Seathwaite
Hamlet
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 Sty Head.
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 Sty Head.
Seatoller
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seatoller is a settlement in Borrowdale in the English Lake District. Historically part 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 Sty Head.
Sty Head
- Type: Locality
- Location: Borrowdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.47541° or 54° 28′ 32″ northLongitude
-3.20507° or 3° 12′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C6RFQGV+5XOpenStreetMap ID
node 4887979894OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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