High Side

High Side is a locality in Lorton, Cumberland, England. High Side is situated near the locality Hole Mire, as well as near High Gillbrae.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Graystones and Ling Fell.

Graystones

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Graystones is a fell in the English Lake District. It lies in the North Western Fells region and is one of the peaks on the ridge which encircles the valley of Aiken Beck.

Ling Fell is a small hill in the north west of the Lake District in the United Kingdom. It is close to the village of Wythop Mill, from where it can easily be climbed. Ling Fell is situated 2 miles northeast of High Side.

Broom Fell

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Broom Fell is a hill with the status of a Wainwright in the English Lake District. It lies on a ridge connecting Lord's Seat and Graystones. Alfred Wainwright provided its status as a separate fell in his influential guidebook series, the Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells. Broom Fell is situated 2 miles east of High Side.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lorton and Armaside.

Lorton

Village

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lorton is a village and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The village is in two parts: Low Lorton and High Lorton, with the parish church of St Cuthbert standing between them.

Armaside

Locality

Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Armaside is an agricultural village in Cumbria, England, situated north of Low Lorton, south west of the River Cocker, and south east from Cockermouth.

Thackthwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Andy Jamieson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thackthwaite is a village in Cumbria, England, from which hikers can climb Low Fell and Fellbarrow. The place-name contains thwaite. A second place called Thackthwaite is located just to the north of Little Mell Fell, at. Thackthwaite is situated 2 miles southwest of High Side.

High Side

Type: Locality
Location: Lorton, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.62558° or 54° 37′ 32″ north

Longitude

-3.29997° or 3° 17′ 60″ west

Open location code

9C6RJPG2+62

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5021875596

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Places to explore: Hole Mire and High Gillbrae.

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