Boat How

Boat How is a locality in Wasdale, Cumberland, England. Boat How is situated nearby to the locality Baysoar Slack, as well as near Kirk Fell Ghyll.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kirk Fell and Beckhead Tarn.

Kirk Fell

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Kirk Fell is a fell in the Western part of the English Lake District. It is situated between Great Gable and Pillar on the long ring of fells surrounding the valley of Ennerdale, and also stands over Wasdale to the south.

Beckhead Tarn

Pond

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Beckhead Tarn is a pond.

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.

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 southwest of Boat How.

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 2½ miles east of Boat How.

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. Gatesgarth is situated 2½ miles north of Boat How.

Boat How

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

54.49097° or 54° 29′ 28″ north

Longitude

-3.23837° or 3° 14′ 18″ west

Open location code

9C6RFQR6+9M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4891950571

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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