Rake How
Rake How is a locality in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England. Rake How is situated nearby to the locality Howgate, as well as near Moss Crag.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include High Rigg and St John’s Church, St John’s in the Vale.
High Rigg
Peak
Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
High Rigg is a small fell located in the English Lake District, approximately three miles southeast of the town of Keswick. It occupies an unusual position, surrounded on all sides by higher fells but not connected by any obvious ridge.
St John’s Church, St John’s in the Vale
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John's Church is in the valley of St John's in the Vale, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Derwent, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlerigg stone circle and Legburthwaite.
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. It is one of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from approximately 3200 BC to 2500 BC, during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages. Castlerigg stone circle is situated 1½ miles northwest of Rake How.
Legburthwaite
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Legburthwaite is a village in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria. It is located on the A591 road and the B5322 road. Legburthwaite has a disused place of worship and formerly, a youth hostel. It is just north of Thirlmere. Legburthwaite is situated 2 miles south of Rake How.
Threlkeld
Village
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Threlkeld is a village and civil parish in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, (in the historic county of Cumberland to the east of Keswick. Threlkeld is situated 2 miles north of Rake How.
Rake How
Latitude
54.59° or 54° 35′ 24″ northLongitude
-3.06587° or 3° 3′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C6RHWQM+XMOpenStreetMap ID
node 5778802165OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Localities in the Area
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