Thwaite Hill

Thwaite Hill is a locality in Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England. Thwaite Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet High Merebeck, as well as near the locality Cathow.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Meadley Reservoir and Flat Fell.

Meadley Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Flat Fell is a hill located on the edge of the English Lake District, standing at 272m. It is included in Alfred Wainwright's Outlying Fells of Lakeland book, sharing a chapter with Dent. Wainwright's clockwise route to the two summits starts at Wath Brow.

Dent

Peak

Photo: Stephen Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dent is a small fell on the fringe of the English Lake District near the towns of Cleator Moor and Egremont. Sometimes known as Long Barrow, it is traditionally the first fell encountered by hikers following Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cleator Moor and Cleator.

Cleator Moor

Town

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cleator Moor is a town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The parish was historically called Cleator. During the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, the new settlement of Cleator Moor was built on the moorland to the north of Cleator village, based around mining and the iron industry.

Cleator

Village

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cleator is a village in the civil parish of Cleator Moor, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. Cleator is located on the edge of the Lake District, with Dent Fell on the skyline to the south east. Cleator is situated 1½ miles west of Thwaite Hill.

Frizington

Village

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Frizington is a village in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It lies to the north-west of the Lake District National Park. Historically, it was a collection of farms and houses, but became a unified village as a result of the mining opportunities in the area. Frizington is situated 1½ miles north of Thwaite Hill.

Thwaite Hill

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

54.51498° or 54° 30′ 54″ north

Longitude

-3.48266° or 3° 28′ 58″ west

Open location code

9C6RGG78+XW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5202372843

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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