Birks

Birks is a locality in Ulpha, Cumberland, England. Birks is situated nearby to the locality Brantstocks, as well as near Branstocks.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St John and Stickle Pike.

Stickle Pike is an outlying fell located in the southern Lake District near the small town of Broughton-in-Furness, with the summit situated between the lower Duddon Valley and the quiet smaller valley of Dunnerdale.

Great Stickle

Peak

Great Stickle is a fell located in the southern Lake District of England with an altitude of 305 m. Alfred Wainwright included it in the Stickle Pike chapter of his "The Outlying Fells of Lakeland".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ulpha and Broughton Mills.

Ulpha

Village

Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ulpha is a small village and civil parish in the Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it forms part of the Cumberland unitary authority area.

Broughton Mills

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Broughton Mills is a village in Cumbria, England, located 2 miles from the larger town of Broughton-in-Furness. The village consists of about 40 households, a phonebox, church and a pub called the Blacksmiths Arms. Broughton Mills is situated 2 miles southeast of Birks.