Long Scars

Long Scars is a locality in Colton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Long Scars is situated nearby to the locality Fairholme Green, as well as near the hamlet Lake Bank.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Peel Island and Top o’Selside.

Peel Island

Island

Peel Island is one of the three islands of Coniston Water in the English Lake District, Cumbria. The two others are Fir Island and Oak Island. It is most famous for being one of the inspirations for Arthur Ransome's Wild Cat Island.

Top o’Selside

Peak

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Top o'Selside is a hill in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. At 335 metres, it is the highest point of the group of hills situated between Coniston Water and Windermere. Top o’Selside is situated 1½ miles northeast of Long Scars.

Blawith Knott

Peak

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blawith Knott is a hill in the south of the English Lake District, near Woodland, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Blawith Knott is situated 2 miles southwest of Long Scars.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nibthwaite and Woodland.

Nibthwaite

Village

Photo: Peter Bond, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nibthwaite is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria in the northwest of England. It is in the civil parish of Colton, and on the east side of Coniston Water.

Woodland

Locality

Photo: Jgk168421, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Woodland is a dispersed hamlet within the civil parish of Kirkby Ireleth in the Furness region of Cumbria, England, and is located in the southern part of the Lake District National Park, west of Coniston Water, between Torver and Broughton-in-Furness. Woodland is situated 2½ miles west of Long Scars.