Brown How

Brown How is a locality in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England. Brown How is situated nearby to the hamlet Thirlspot, as well as near the locality St John’s Common.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kings Head Hotel and Great How.

Kings Head Hotel

Pub

Photo: Keith Burroughs, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kings Head Hotel is a pub.

Great How

Peak

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great How is a peak.

White Side is a fell in the English Lake District. It is situated to the east of Thirlmere and to the west of Glenridding valley. This places White Side in the Helvellyn range of the Eastern Fells, with Raise to the north and Helvellyn Lower Man to the south, both of which are of greater height.

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 west of Brown How.

Glenridding

Photo: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Glenridding is a village at the southern end of Ullswater, in the English Lake District. The village is popular with mountain walkers who can scale England's third-highest mountain, Helvellyn, and many other challenging peaks from there.

Brown How

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

54.54984° or 54° 32′ 59″ north

Longitude

-3.05138° or 3° 3′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C6RGWXX+WC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4992579322

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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