Howgate
Howgate is a locality in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England. Howgate is situated nearby to the locality Rake How, as well as near Wanthwaite.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 Threlkeld.
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.
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, to the east of Keswick. It is in the historic county of Cumberland. Threlkeld is situated 1½ miles north of Howgate.
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 Howgate.
Howgate
Latitude
54.59498° or 54° 35′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.06536° or 3° 3′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C6RHWVM+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 5778802230OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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