Castlerigg Stone Circle
Castlerigg Stone Circle is in Keswick, Cumberland, England. Castlerigg Stone Circle is situated nearby to the sports venue Keswick Climbing Wall & Activity Centre, as well as near Goosewell Farm Activities Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Low Rigg and Latrigg.
Low Rigg
Peak
Low Rigg is a small hill in the English Lake District a few miles east of the town of Keswick and slightly north of its larger neighbour High Rigg. Geologically, Low Rigg is a lens-shaped laccolith consisting of an intrusion of a fine-grained granite.
Latrigg
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Latrigg is one of the lowest fells in the Lake District in North West England, but is a popular climb due to its convenient location overlooking the town of Keswick and the beautiful views down the valley of Borrowdale from the summit.
Castlerigg Manor
Community center
Photo: Jackregan, Public domain.
Keswick is a civil parish and a town in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. It contains 51 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Castlerigg Manor is situated 1¼ miles west of Castlerigg Stone Circle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlerigg stone circle and Chestnut Hill.
Castlerigg stone circle
Locality
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castlerigg Stone Circle is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. In this period, the Lake District – a mountainous area in which Castlerigg is located – saw particularly high levels of Neolithic stone circle construction, with other similar examples including Swinside, Gamelands, Elva Plain, and Long Meg and Her Daughters.
Chestnut Hill
Suburb
Chestnut Hill is a suburb of Keswick, England, located along the A591 road. It contains the Nether Place Nursing Home and Claremont House, a 19th-century lodge which is an AA 4 diamond hotel.
Great Crosthwaite
Suburb
Great Crosthwaite is a suburb of Keswick in the Lake District, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. Great Crosthwaite is situated 2 miles west of Castlerigg Stone Circle.
Castlerigg Stone Circle
- Type: Information
- Category: tourism
- Location: Keswick, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.60366° or 54° 36′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.09803° or 3° 5′ 53″ westOpen location code
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