High Thistleton
High Thistleton is a locality in Wasdale, Cumberland, England. High Thistleton is situated nearby to the locality Low Thistleton, as well as near Scarbrow Wood.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gosforth Cross and St Mary’s Church, Gosforth.
Gosforth Cross
Archaeological site
Photo: English Lakes, Public domain.
The Gosforth Cross is a large stone monument in St Mary's churchyard at Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria, dating to the first half of the 10th century AD. Gosforth Cross is situated 1½ miles southwest of High Thistleton.
St Mary’s Church, Gosforth
Church
Photo: Nigel Monckton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church in the village of Gosforth, Cumbria, England, is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle. St Mary’s Church, Gosforth is situated 1½ miles southwest of High Thistleton.
Ponsonby Fell
Peak
Ponsonby Fell is a hill in the west of the English Lake District, near Gosforth, in Cumberland, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Ponsonby Fell is situated 1½ miles northwest of High Thistleton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nether Wasdale and Santon Bridge.
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 1½ miles east of High Thistleton.
Santon Bridge
Village
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Santon Bridge is a small village in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, at a bridge over the River Irt. The civil parish is called Irton with Santon. The population of this civil parish as at the 2011 census was 316. Santon Bridge is situated 2 miles southeast of High Thistleton.
Holmrook
Village
Photo: P stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holmrook is a linear village in the English county of Cumbria. It lies along the A595 road on the west banks of the River Irt. The B5344 road connects it to Drigg, with its railway station less than two miles to the west. Holmrook is situated 3½ miles south of High Thistleton.
High Thistleton
- Type: Locality
- Location: Wasdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.42998° or 54° 25′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.39199° or 3° 23′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C6RCJH5+X6OpenStreetMap ID
node 4897142805OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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