Losca
Losca is a locality in Wasdale, Cumberland, England. Losca is situated nearby to the locality High Thistleton, as well as near Guards Head.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gosforth Cross and St Michael & All Angels, Nether Wasdale.
Gosforth Cross
Archaeological site
Photo: English Lakes, Public domain.
The Gosforth Cross is a large stone monument in St Mary's churchyard at Gosforth in the English county of Cumbria, dating to the first half of the 10th century AD. Gosforth Cross is situated 2 miles southwest of Losca.
St Michael & All Angels, Nether Wasdale
Church
Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael & All Angels' Church in Nether Wasdale, Cumbria, England, is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is Gosforth and Wasdale. The church is a Grade II* listed building. St Michael & All Angels, Nether Wasdale is situated 1½ miles east of Losca.
Ponsonby Fell
Peak
Ponsonby Fell is a hill in the west of the English Lake District, near Gosforth, in Cumberland, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Ponsonby Fell is situated 1½ miles northwest of Losca.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nether Wasdale and Santon Bridge.
Nether Wasdale
Village
Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nether Wasdale is a village in Cumbria, England, located in the valley and civil parish of Wasdale, near the River Irt and just over a mile to the west of the Wastwater lake.
Santon Bridge
Village
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Santon Bridge is a small village in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, at a bridge over the River Irt. The civil parish is called Irton with Santon. The population of this civil parish as at the 2011 census was 316. Santon Bridge is situated 2 miles south of Losca.
Holmrook
Village
Photo: P stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holmrook is a linear village in the English county of Cumbria. It lies along the A595 road on the west banks of the River Irt. The B5344 road connects it to Drigg, with its railway station less than two miles to the west. Holmrook is situated 3½ miles southwest of Losca.
Losca
- Type: Locality
- Location: Wasdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.43251° or 54° 25′ 57″ northLongitude
-3.38701° or 3° 23′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C6RCJM7+25OpenStreetMap ID
node 5024711453OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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