Birk Rigg
Birk Rigg is a locality in Above Derwent, Cumberland, England. Birk Rigg is situated nearby to the locality Sleet Hause, as well as near Aikin Knott.Places of Interest
Highlights include Newlands Church and Causey Pike.
Newlands Church
Church
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newlands Church is a 16th-century church situated less than 500 metres west of the hamlet of Little Town, Cumbria, England in the Newlands Valley of the Lake District.
Causey Pike
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Causey Pike is a fell in the English Lake District. It is situated in the Newlands Valley, 5 kilometres south-west of the town of Keswick. Even though it has a modest height of 637 metres it is one of the most distinctive fells when viewed from the Derwent Water and Keswick area due to its distinguishing summit "knobble" which catches the eye.
Rowling End
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rowling End is a peak in the Lake District about 433 meters it is a steep slope leading up towards Causey Pike. It is briefly mentioned in books however they mainly focus on Causey Pike.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Town and Stair.
Little Town
Hamlet
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Little Town is a hamlet in the civil parish of Above Derwent, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is in the Penrith and Solway constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament.
Stair
Village
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Stair is a village in Cumbria, England. It is situated in the Newlands Valley, to the west of Derwent Water and within the Lake District National Park.
Grange in Borrowdale
Village
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Grange, often called Grange in Borrowdale, is a village in Borrowdale in the English Lake District. It lies just off the B5289 road to the south of Derwent Water and 4 miles south of Keswick, in the county of Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, The village is overlooked by Grange Fell and Castle Crag, which flank either side of the narrow section of Borrowdale in which it sits. Grange in Borrowdale is situated 2½ miles southeast of Birk Rigg.
Birk Rigg
- Type: Locality
- Location: Above Derwent, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.56847° or 54° 34′ 7″ northLongitude
-3.2016° or 3° 12′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C6RHQ9X+99OpenStreetMap ID
node 5037039484OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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