Horsemire Head

Horsemire Head is a locality in Matterdale, Westmorland and Furness, England. Horsemire Head is situated nearby to the locality Little Pike, as well as near Red Moss.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aira Force and Hart Side.

Aira Force

Waterfall

Photo: Ballantyne108, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Aira Force is a waterfall in the English Lake District, in the civil parish of Matterdale and the county of Cumbria. The site of the waterfall is owned by the National Trust. Aira Force is situated 1½ miles southeast of Horsemire Head.

Hart Side

Peak

Photo: Silence-is-infinite, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hart Side is a subsidiary top on one of the east ridges of Stybarrow Dodd, which is a mountain in the English Lake District, west of Ullswater on the main Helvellyn ridge in the Eastern Fells. Hart Side is situated 1½ miles southwest of Horsemire Head.

Matterdale Church

Church

Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ulcat Row and Glenridding.

Ulcat Row

Hamlet

Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ulcat Row is a village in the civil parish of Matterdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. In the 2011 census, the parish had 483 residents, roughly an 8% decrease from 526 residents in 2001. Ulcat Row is situated 2 miles east of Horsemire Head.

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.

Troutbeck

Village

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Troutbeck is a hamlet within Cumbria, England, a few miles to the west of Penrith. It was previously in the county of Cumberland. It lies within the Lake District, the civil parish of Hutton, and the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness Great Mell Fell is situated immediately to the east of Troutbeck. Troutbeck is situated 3½ miles north of Horsemire Head.

Horsemire Head

Type: Locality
Location: Matterdale, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.58675° or 54° 35′ 12″ north

Longitude

-2.96706° or 2° 58′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C6VH2PM+M5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4994423870

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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