High Thorn

High Thorn is a locality in Whitwell and Selside, Westmorland and Furness, England. High Thorn is situated nearby to the hamlet Watchgate, as well as near the village Garnett Bridge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ghyll Pond and Potter Tarn.

Ghyll Pond

Reservoir

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Ghyll Pond is a reservoir, which is situated 2 miles west of High Thorn.

Potter Tarn

Reservoir

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Potter Tarn is a reservoir, which is situated 2 miles west of High Thorn.

Burneside railway station

Railway station

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Burneside railway station serves the village of Burneside, in Cumbria, England. The station is a stop on the Windermere Branch Line between Oxenholme Lake District and Windermere. Burneside railway station is situated 2½ miles southwest of High Thorn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garnett Bridge and Selside.

Garnett Bridge is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, on the River Sprint. It is located three miles by foot southeast of Long Sleddale. It consists mainly of old mill cottages and Bobbin Mill and a quaint old bridge over the Sprint.

Selside

Village

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Selside is a small village in rural Cumbria, England, about 6 miles north of Kendal, close to the A6 road. It is now in the civil parish of Selside and Fawcett Forest, though it was formerly in the parish of Kendal.

Skelsmergh

Hamlet

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Skelsmergh is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Skelsmergh and Scalthwaiterigg, in Westmorland and Furness in rural Cumbria, England, about 4 miles north of Kendal, on the A6 road. Skelsmergh is situated 2 miles south of High Thorn.

High Thorn

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

54.38193° or 54° 22′ 55″ north

Longitude

-2.72788° or 2° 43′ 40″ west

Open location code

9C6V97JC+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5006829939

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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