Dale Head

Dale Head is a locality in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England. Dale Head is situated nearby to the hamlet Fisher Place, as well as near the locality Yew Crag.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Great How and Raven Crag.

Great How

Peak

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great How is a peak.

Raven Crag

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Raven Crag is a fell in the English Lake District that overlooks Thirlmere reservoir. It has subsidiary summits The Benn and Castle Crag.

Kings Head Hotel

Pub

Photo: Keith Burroughs, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kings Head Hotel is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Legburthwaite and Watendlath.

Legburthwaite

Village

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Legburthwaite is a village in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria. It is located on the A591 road and the B5322 road. Legburthwaite has a disused place of worship and formerly, a youth hostel. It is just north of Thirlmere.

Watendlath

Hamlet

Watendlath is a hamlet and tarn in the Lake District in the English county of Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, Watendlath is owned by the National Trust and sits high between the Borrowdale and Thirlmere valleys at 863 feet above sea level. Watendlath is situated 3 miles southwest of Dale Head.

Castlerigg stone circle

Locality

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castlerigg Stone Circle is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. In this period, the Lake District – a mountainous area in which Castlerigg is located – saw particularly high levels of Neolithic stone circle construction, with other similar examples including Swinside, Gamelands, Elva Plain, and Long Meg and Her Daughters. Castlerigg stone circle is situated 3½ miles northwest of Dale Head.

Dale Head

Type: Locality
Location: St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.55675° or 54° 33′ 24″ north

Longitude

-3.05819° or 3° 3′ 30″ west

Open location code

9C6RHW4R+PP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4992579293

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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