Skelthwaite Crag

Skelthwaite Crag is a locality in St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, England. Skelthwaite Crag is situated nearby to the locality Ullock Coppice, as well as near Row End.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Low Rigg and St John’s Church, St John’s in the Vale.

Low Rigg

Peak

Photo: Antiquary, CC BY 4.0.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 2 miles northeast of Skelthwaite Crag.

Skelthwaite Crag

Type: Locality
Location: St John’s, Castlerigg and Wythburn, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.59386° or 54° 35′ 38″ north

Longitude

-3.08457° or 3° 5′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C6RHWV8+G5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5778963058

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Holy Well of St. John the Baptist and Dalebottom Farm Camping Site and Caravan Park.

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