Idle Hill

Idle Hill is a locality in Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, England. Idle Hill is situated nearby to the locality Woundale Raise, as well as near High Grove.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Troutbeck Tongue and Kirkstone Pass.

Troutbeck Tongue

Peak

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Troutbeck Tongue is a small fell in the English Lake District, three miles ENE of Ambleside. It is one of 214 hills listed in Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, making it a popular attraction for walkers aiming to complete the "Wainwrights".

Kirkstone Pass

Mountain saddle

Photo: David Gearing, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kirkstone Pass is a mountain pass in the English Lake District, in the county of Cumbria. It is at an altitude of 1,489 feet. It is the District's highest pass traversed by road; the A592 between Ambleside in Rothay Valley and Patterdale in Ullswater Valley.

Wansfell

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wansfell is a fell in English Lake District situated 1+1⁄2 miles east of the town of Ambleside. The fell is part of the long southern ridge of Caudale Moor and occupies the swath of territory between Ambleside and the Troutbeck valley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Troutbeck and Ambleside.

Troutbeck

Village

Photo: JaneArt, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Troutbeck is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lakes, in Westmorland and Furness unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Troutbeck is situated 2 miles south of Idle Hill.

Ambleside

Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ambleside is a town in Cumbria. It is located at the head of Windermere, England’s largest lake, within the Lake District National Park.

Rydal

Village

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Rydal is a village in Cumbria, England. It is a small cluster of houses, a hotel, and St Mary's Church, on the A591 road midway between Ambleside and Grasmere. Rydal is situated 2½ miles west of Idle Hill.

Idle Hill

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

54.44532° or 54° 26′ 43″ north

Longitude

-2.91752° or 2° 55′ 3″ west

Open location code

9C6VC3WJ+4X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4996731191

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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