Watch Hill

Watch Hill is a locality in Setmurthy, Cumberland, England. Watch Hill is situated nearby to the locality Setmurthy Plantation, as well as near Hay.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Slate Fell and Isel Hall.

Slate Fell

Peak

Slate Fell is a low hill in the North Western part of the English Lake District. It lies only about a mile from the busy market town of Cockermouth, and as such is a popular walk for local dog walkers, the amount of climb being only about 80 metres.

Isel Hall

Castle

Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Isel Hall is an ancient Cumbrian residence that sits on a steep rise on the northern banks of the River Derwent, two miles south of Bassenthwaite Lake, three miles east-north-east of Cockermouth, with views over the Lake District fells and Skiddaw.

Hewthwaite Hall

Building

Photo: Keith Pitchforth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hewthwaite Hall is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Isel and Redmain.

Isel

Hamlet

Photo: Dougsim, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Isel is a dispersed settlement and area in the valley of the River Derwent within the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is an ecclesiastical parish within the civil parish of Blindcrake.

Redmain

Hamlet

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Redmain is a small hamlet in the Isel Valley and parish of Blindcrake within the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. The hamlet lies on the south-facing slopes above the River Derwent, in an elevated position of 475 feet, giving panoramas across the Isel Valley and Lake District Fells.

Blindcrake

Village

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blindcrake is a village and civil parish within the Isel Valley, in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, England, historically part of Cumberland. Blindcrake is situated 2 miles north of Watch Hill.

Watch Hill

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

54.67493° or 54° 40′ 30″ north

Longitude

-3.32062° or 3° 19′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C6RMMFH+XQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5104843844

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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