Water Crag
Water Crag is a locality in Cumbria, North West England, England. Water Crag is situated nearby to the locality Grindlebrook, as well as near the hamlet Greendale.Places of Interest
Highlights include Middle Fell and Buckbarrow.
Middle Fell
Peak
Photo: Espresso Addict, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middle Fell is a hill or fell in the English Lake District. It is a satellite of Seatallan standing above the northern shore of Wastwater. Middle Fell can be climbed from Greendale near the foot of Wastwater, and a fine view of the lake backed by the Wastwater Screes is visible from the summit.
Buckbarrow
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buckbarrow is a small fell in the English Lake District overlooking the western end of Wastwater. It is featured in Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells and is given a height of 1,410 ft approximately; however, the Ordnance Survey and other guidebooks now give an altitude of 423 m.
Illgill Head
Peak
Photo: Archie424, Public domain.
Illgill Head is a fell in the English Lake District. It is known more commonly as the northern portion of the Wastwater Screes. The fell is 609 metres high and stands along the south-east shore of Wastwater, the deepest lake in England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nether Wasdale and Wasdale Head.
Nether Wasdale
Village
Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nether Wasdale is a village in Cumbria, England, located in the valley and civil parish of Wasdale, near the River Irt and just over a mile to the west of the Wastwater lake. Nether Wasdale is situated 2½ miles southwest of Water Crag.
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 2½ miles northeast of Water Crag.
Boot
Village
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boot is a small village in Eskdale on the western side of the English Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority of Cumberland, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria. Boot is situated 3½ miles southeast of Water Crag.
Water Crag
- Type: Locality
- Location: Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.4432° or 54° 26′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.306° or 3° 18′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C6RCMVV+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 4892064895OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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